National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1987

Inspection of historic monuments.

8.—(1) The Commissioners may cause such inspections, investigations and reports as they may direct (either generally or particularly) to be made by their officers, servants, agents or other persons duly authorised by them in that behalf in regard to—

(a) historic monuments and places where the Commissioners have reason to believe that historic monuments exist, and

(b) restricted areas and sites that the Commissioners have reason to believe to be the sites of wreck or archaeological objects.

(2) The Commissioners, their officers, servants or agents, or other persons duly authorised by the Commissioners in that behalf, may for the purpose of performing their functions under this section enter on any lands or premises and there do all such things as may reasonably be necessary for the purposes of those functions.