Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023

Transitional provisions applicable to certain ancient monuments subject to order under section 15 of Act of 1925

70. (1) In this section—

section 70 monument”, in relation to a section 70 order, means the ancient monument that is the subject of that order immediately before the commencement of this section;

section 70 order” means an order under section 15 of the Act of 1925 that is in force immediately before the commencement of this section.

(2) On the commencement of this section—

(a) a section 70 order shall be deemed to be a monument guardianship order with the Minister appointed as the guardian of the section 70 monument, and

(b) the section 70 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.