Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023
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Power to specify form of documents | ||
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223. (1) Subject to sections 13 (5), 27 (3), 101 (5) and 157 (1) (but without prejudice to the generality of the relevant authority’s power under this subsection), the relevant authority may specify the form of documents required for the purposes of this Act as he or she thinks appropriate. | ||
(2) (a) The relevant authority’s power under subsection (1) may be exercised in such a way as to specify 2 or more forms of any document (whether in paper or electronic form or both) referred to in that subsection, whether as alternatives, or to provide for particular circumstances or particular cases, as the relevant authority thinks appropriate. | ||
(b) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), as the relevant authority thinks fit, his or her power under subsection (1) may be exercised in such a way as to specify one form for the purposes of 2 or more applications which may be made under this Act. | ||
(3) The form of a document specified under this section shall be— | ||
(a) completed in accordance with such directions and instructions as are specified in the document, | ||
(b) accompanied by such other documents (including a statutory declaration) as are specified in the document, and | ||
(c) if the completed document is required to be provided to— | ||
(i) the relevant authority, | ||
(ii) another person on behalf of the relevant authority, or | ||
(iii) any other person, | ||
so provided in the manner (if any) specified in the document. | ||
(4) In this section, “relevant authority” means— | ||
(a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), the Minister, | ||
(b) in the case of the specified form referred to in section 101 (4)(a) or section 114 (1) or (4)(a), the Board, and | ||
(c) in the case of the specified form referred to in section 150 (1) or (3) or 157 (1), the licensing authority (within the meaning of section 149 ) concerned. |