Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023

Transitional provisions applicable to certain national monuments subject to order under section 9(2) of Act of 1930

69. (1) In this section—

section 69 monument”, in relation to a section 69 order, means the national monument that is the subject of that order immediately before the commencement of this section;

section 69 order” means an order under section 9(2) of the Act of 1930 that is in force immediately before the commencement of this section.

(2) On the commencement of this section—

(a) a section 69 order shall be deemed to be a monument guardianship order with the Minister appointed as the guardian of the section 69 monument, and

(b) the section 69 monument shall be deemed to be both a registered monument and the guardianship monument,

and the other provisions of this Act (including sections 24 (1) and 67 (3)) shall apply accordingly.