Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023

Amendment of section 10 of Act of 2019

266. Section 10 of the Act of 2019 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “(which may consist of more than one database)” after “database of information”,

(b) in subsection (2) —

(i) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

“(aa) if the relevant property is unoccupied, if known, the name of the person who is for the time being entitled to occupy the relevant property;”,

and

(ii) in paragraph (d), by the insertion of “to the extent known,” before “the nature”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(2A) (a) A liable person in respect of a relevant property shall, upon becoming aware that any particular entered in the database in respect of him or her or the relevant property is incorrect or has ceased to be correct, not later than 10 working days after becoming so aware, give notice in writing of that incorrection or cessation of correction, as the case may be, to the local authority together with such other (as is reasonable in all the circumstances of the case) information in respect thereof as will enable the local authority to perform its function under subsection (3) in respect of that particular.

(b) A liable person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (a) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a class A fine.”.