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Antiquities and Monuments

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(a) withdraw the declaration; or

(b) refuse the application,

and shall forthwith notify the owner or occupier of his decision.

(3) Within one month of being notified of the Authority's decision the owner or occupier may by petition to the Governor object to the declaration.

(4) The Governor, upon considering an objection made under subsection (3), may direct that-

(a) the declaration be withdrawn; or

(b) the objection be referred to the Governor in Council.

(5) The Governor in Council, upon considering an objection referred to him under subsection (4), may direct that-

(a) the declaration shall stand;

(b) the declaration shall stand, subject to such variations or conditions as he thinks fit; or

(c) the declaration be withdrawn.

(6) A direction of the Governor under subsection (4) or of the Governor in Council under subsection (5) shall be final.

(Added, 38 of 1982, s. 3)

3. (1) Subject to section 4, the Authority may, after consultation with the Board and with the approval of the Governor, by notice in the Gazette, declare any place, building, site or structure, which the Authority considers to be of public interest by reason of its historical, archaeological or palaeontological significance, to be a monument, historical building or archaeological or palaeontological site or structure. (Amended, 38 of 1982, s. 4)

(2) A declaration under subsection (1) may include as part of a monument any land adjoining the place, building, site or structure required for fencing, covering or protecting the monument or for providing or facilitating access thereto.

(3) A notice under subsection (1) shall include a reference to the appropriate plan deposited under subsection (4).

(4) The Authority shall, before publication of a declaration under subsection (1)--

(a) sign and deposit in the appropriate Land Office a plan clearly showing the situation of the place, building, site or structure intended by the Authority to be declared to be a monument; and (Amended, 38 of 1982, s. 4)

(b) if the declaration relates to a monument within private land, register the declaration in the Land Office.

(5) The Authority shall-

(a) keep available at his office, for public inspection at all reasonable times, a copy of every plan deposited under subsection (4); and

Declaration of monuments and plans thereof.