PART 2MONUMENTS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST

CHAPTER 2SCHEDULE OF MONUMENTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

Schedule of monuments

I13Duty to maintain and publish schedule of monuments

1

The Welsh Ministers must maintain a schedule of monuments in Wales which they consider to be of national importance, and must publish the up-to-date schedule.

2

An entry in the schedule for a monument must include a map maintained by the Welsh Ministers that identifies the area of the monument.

3

The Welsh Ministers may amend the schedule by—

a

adding a monument;

b

removing a monument;

c

amending the entry for a monument (whether by removing anything previously included as part of the monument or adding anything not previously included, or otherwise).

4

The Welsh Ministers may not add to the schedule any building or structure occupied as a dwelling by any person other than the caretaker of the building or structure or a member of the caretaker’s family.

5

An entry in the schedule recording the inclusion of a monument is a local land charge.

6

In this Part “the schedule” means the schedule maintained under this section.

7

In this Act “scheduled monument” means a monument included in the schedule.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

S. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 212(2)

I24Notification of owner etc. where the schedule is amended

1

Subsection (2) applies where the Welsh Ministers amend the schedule by—

a

adding a monument,

b

removing a monument, or

c

amending the entry for a monument.

2

As soon as possible after amending the schedule the Welsh Ministers must serve notice that they have done so on—

a

every owner and occupier of the monument, and

b

every local authority in whose area the monument is situated.

3

Where the Welsh Ministers have added a monument to the schedule or amended the entry in the schedule for a monument—

a

the notice must specify the date on which they did so, and

b

they must include with the notice a copy of the entry or amended entry for the monument in the schedule.