1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Ancient Monuments (Class Consents) (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 11th July 1996.
(2) This Order shall extend to Scotland only.
(3) The Ancient Monuments (Class Consents) (Scotland) Order 1981(1) is hereby revoked.
2. In this Order–
“the Act” means the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;
“domestic gardening works” includes works executed in the non-commercial cultivation of allotments;
“horticultural works” includes domestic gardening works;
“ploughed land” means land on which ploughing has been executed regularly and lawfully and at intervals not exceeding 10 years in duration as part of an established agricultural regime.
3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, scheduled monument consent is hereby granted under section 3 of the Act for the execution of works of any class or description specified in the Schedule to this Order.
(2) The scheduled monument consent hereby granted is subject to any conditions specified in the Schedule referred to in paragraph (1) above in relation to works of a particular class or description.
(3) Nothing in this article shall operate so as to grant scheduled monument consent for the execution of works contrary to any condition attached to a scheduled monument consent granted under Part I of the Act otherwise than by this Order.
4. Nothing in this Order shall operate so as to require the grant of scheduled monument consent for the execution of works commenced, though not completed, before this Order comes into force, where, but for this Order, execution of those works would not have required the grant of such consent.
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
4th June 1996