Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023

Protection of national monuments and members of public

81. (1) The Commissioners may, with the consent of the Minister, make bye-laws for the purposes of any of the following:

(a) the protection, management or control of national monuments (M) and their amenities;

(b) the protection of the safety of members of the public at, in, on or in the vicinity of national monuments (M).

(2) The local authority concerned may, with the consent of the Minister, make bye-laws for the purposes of any of the following:

(a) the protection, management or control of national monuments (LA) and their amenities;

(b) the protection of the safety of members of the public at, in, on or in the vicinity of national monuments (LA).

(3) Bye-laws may be made generally or in respect of particular classes of national monuments or in respect of a particular monument.

(4) Every bye-law made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the bye-law is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the bye-law is laid before it, the bye-law shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.