1986 Ed.]
Antiquities and Monuments
"licence" means a licence granted under section 13;
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"metal detector" means any device designed or adapted for detecting or locating any metal or mineral in the ground; (Added, 38 of 1982, s. 2)
"monument" means a place, building, site or structure which is declared to be a monument, historical building or archaeological or palaeontological site or structure under section 3; (Replaced, 38 of 1982, s. 2)
"movable object" means an object which does not form part of land;
"owner", in relation to land, means a person entitled to possession of the land under a Crown lease or agreement for lease, or other form of valid title from the Crown;
"permit" means a permit granted under section 6;
"private land" means-
(a) land held under lease, agreement for lease, tenancy agreement, licence, permit, deed or memorandum of appropriation, or other valid title from the Crown; and
(b) land occupied by Her Majesty's forces, or for other purposes of the Crown in right of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, under lease, licence, permit, deed or memorandum of appropriation, requisition or other permanent or temporary title;
"proposed monument" means a place, building, site or structure which is declared to be a proposed monument, proposed historical building, or proposed archaeological or palaeontological site or structure under section 2A; (Added, 38 of 1982, s. 2)
"relic" means-
(a) a movable object made, shaped, painted, carved, inscribed or otherwise created, manufactured, produced or modified by human agency before the year 1800, whether or not it has been modified, added to or restored after the year 1799; and
(b) fossil remains or impressions;
"supposed antiquity" means an object or site which may reasonably be supposed to be or to contain an antiquity.
MONUMENTS
2A. (1) For the purpose of considering whether or not any place, building, site or structure should be declared to be a monument the Authority may, after consultation with the Board, by notice in the Gazette declare it to be a proposed monument, proposed historical building, or proposed archaeological or palaeontological site or structure.
Declaration of proposed monuments etc. and plans thereof.