HISTORIC MONUMENTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971

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HISTORIC MONUMENTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 7



7.(1) The Ministry shall prepare and publish, in such manner as it thinks fit,
schedules specifying

(a)such historic monuments as are reported to it by the
Historic Monuments Council as being in particular need of protection; and

(b)such other historic monuments as the Ministry thinks fit;

(2) The Ministry shall, when it is intended to include a monument in any such
schedule, serve on the occupier of the monument and the owner (if the owner is
known) a notice specifying such intention and the penalties which may be
incurred by a person guilty of an offence under this section.

(3) The Ministry may, after consultation with the Historic Monuments Council,
publish, in such manner as the Ministry thinks fit, a notice deleting from any
schedule published under subsection (1) the entry relating to any
historic monument specified therein, and shall notify the occupier of the
monument and the owner (if the owner is known) of such deletion.

(4) Where any occupier or owner of any scheduled monument, who has been served
with a notice in accordance with subsection (2), proposes to commence, or to
permit to be commenced, any work which is likely

(a)to result in

(i)the demolition of; or

(ii)the removal, in whole or in part, of; or

<(iii)any addition or structural alteration to; or


(b)injuriously to affect;

(5) Every notice served on the Ministry in pursuance of subsection (4) shall
cease to have effect if it is withdrawn by the occupier or, as the case may
be, the owner of the monument, or if the work mentioned in the notice is not
commenced within two years from the date on which the notice is served.

(6) Any person who

(a)being an occupier or owner to whom subsection (4) applies, contravenes the
provisions of that subsection; or

(b)without reasonable cause, commences any work mentioned in subsection (4)
knowing that the monument is a scheduled monument and that that subsection has
not be complied with;

(i)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding #500;

(ii)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three months or to a fine, or to both.

(7) Where the occupier or owner of a historic monument has been served with a
notice in accordance with subsection (2) and the notice has been registered in
the Statutory Charges Register, every subsequent occupier or owner of that
monument shall be deemed to have been served with the notice, and the
provisions of this section shall apply to every such subsequent occupier or
owner in the like manner as if he had been served with such a notice.

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HISTORIC MONUMENTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 7