Architectural Heritage (National Inventory) and Historic Monuments (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1999

Obligations of sanitary authorities in respect of registered historic monuments.

5.—(1) In this section—

“the Act of 1964” means the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1964 ;

“monument” means any historic monument entered in the Register of Historic Monuments under section 5 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1987 .

(2) As soon as practicable after serving or proposing to serve a notice under section 3(1) of the Act of 1964 in respect of a monument, a sanitary authority shall inform the Minister of the particulars of the notice.

(3) A sanitary authority which under section 3(2) of the Act of 1964 carries out works on a monument shall as far as possible preserve the monument in as much as its preservation is not likely to cause a danger to any person or property.

(4) As soon as practicable after carrying out works under section 3(2) of the Act of 1964 on a monument, a sanitary authority shall inform the Minister of the works which have been carried out.

(5) The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in substitution for any provisions of the National Monuments Acts, 1930 to 1994.