Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023

Definitions - Chapter 16

74. In this Chapter—

“charges” includes fees;

“nationalmonument” means a monument to which this Chapter applies by virtue of section 73 ;

“national monument (LA)”, in relation to a local authority, means a national monument in the ownership or guardianship of that authority;

“national monument (M)”, in relation to the Minister, means a national monument in the ownership or guardianship of the Minister;

“ownership”, in relation to a national monument, includes any estate, right, title or interest held by the Minister or a local authority in the monument or in or over the land on which the monument is situated, or both, as appropriate, pursuant to the exercise by the Minister or authority, as the case may be, of the Minister’s or authority’s power under section 51 (3);

“relevant authority”, in relation to a national monument, means (other than in Chapter 18) whichever of, subject to section 78 (3), the Minister or a local authority has the ownership or guardianship of that monument.