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Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 OVERVIEW

    1. 1.Overview

  3. PART 2 ANCIENT MONUMENTS ETC

    1. Overview

      1. 2.Overview of this Part

    2. Schedule of monuments

      1. 3.Amendments relating to the Schedule

      2. 4.Amendments relating to the Schedule: consequential provision

    3. Scheduled monument consent

      1. 5.Simplification of process

      2. 6.Grant of consent for unauthorised works

      3. 7.Offence of false information on application

      4. 8.Refusal of repeat applications etc

      5. 9.Procedure for determining applications

      6. 10.Compensation for refusal of scheduled monument consent

    4. Agreements relating to scheduled monuments

      1. 11.Heritage partnership agreements

    5. Scheduled monuments: enforcement

      1. 12.Enforcement notices

      2. 13.Temporary stop notices

      3. 14.Injunctions

    6. Modifications relating to offences

      1. 15.Control of works affecting scheduled monuments

      2. 16.Damaging certain ancient monuments

      3. 17.Restrictions on use of metal detectors

    7. Historic parks and gardens

      1. 18.Register of historic parks and gardens

    8. Miscellaneous

      1. 19.Land believed to contain an ancient monument: power of entry

      2. 20.Monuments in territorial waters

      3. 21.Service of documents by electronic communication

      4. 22.Meaning of “monument” in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

  4. PART 3 LISTED BUILDINGS

    1. Overview

      1. 23.Overview of this Part

    2. Listing of buildings of special architectural or historic interest

      1. 24.Amendments relating to the listing of buildings

      2. 25.Amendments relating to the temporary listing of buildings

      3. 26.Amendments relating to the listing of buildings: consequential provision

      4. 27.Issue of certificate that building not intended to be listed

    3. Agreements relating to listed buildings

      1. 28.Heritage partnership agreements

    4. Listed buildings: enforcement

      1. 29.Temporary stop notices

    5. Prevention of deterioration or damage to listed buildings

      1. 30.Urgent works: extension of scope and recovery of costs

      2. 31.Preservation of listed buildings in disrepair

    6. Miscellaneous

      1. 32.Service of documents by electronic communication

      2. 33.Determination of appeals by appointed person: supplementary provision

  5. PART 4 MISCELLANEOUS

    1. Historic place names

      1. 34.List of historic place names

    2. Historic environment records

      1. 35.Historic environment records

      2. 36.Access to historic environment records

      3. 37.Guidance

    3. Advisory Panel for the Welsh Historic Environment

      1. 38.Establishment of Panel and work programme

      2. 39.Constitution etc

  6. PART 5 GENERAL

    1. 40.Regulations and orders

    2. 41.Coming into force

    3. 42.Short title

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      SCHEDULES A1 AND A2 TO BE INSERTED INTO THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS ACT 1979

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      SCHEDULES 1A AND 1B TO BE INSERTED INTO THE PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990

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