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United Kingdom
Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (repealed)

Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (repealed)

Repealedlaw://uk/anaw/2016/4@2026-11-10

Version in force on

Where

EnglandWales

Contents

Part 1 Overview
Part 2 Ancient monuments etc
Part 3 Listed buildings
Part 4 Miscellaneous
Part 5 General
Schedule 1 Schedules A1 and A2 to be inserted into the ancient monuments and archaeological areas act 1979
Schedule 2 Schedules 1A and 1B to be inserted into the planning (listed buildings and conservation areas) act 1990

Contents

Part 1 Overview
Part 2 Ancient monuments etc
Part 3 Listed buildings
Part 4 Miscellaneous
Part 5 General
Schedule 1 Schedules A1 and A2 to be inserted into the ancient monuments and archaeological areas act 1979
Schedule 2 Schedules 1A and 1B to be inserted into the planning (listed buildings and conservation areas) act 1990

Part 1 · Overview

1Overview#

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Part 2 · Ancient monuments etc

Miscellaneous

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

20Monuments in territorial waters#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

21Service of documents by electronic communication#

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

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Overview

2Overview of this Part#

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Agreements relating to scheduled monuments

11Heritage partnership agreements#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Historic parks and gardens

18Register of historic parks and gardens#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Modifications relating to offences

15Control of works affecting scheduled monuments#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

16Damaging certain ancient monuments#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

17Restrictions on use of metal detectors#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule of monuments

3Amendments relating to the Schedule#

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4Amendments relating to the Schedule: consequential provision#

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Scheduled monument consent

5Simplification of process#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

6Grant of consent for unauthorised works#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

7Offence of false information on application#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

8Refusal of repeat applications etc#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

9Procedure for determining applications#

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Scheduled monuments: enforcement

12Enforcement notices#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

13Temporary stop notices#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

14Injunctions#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Part 3 · Listed buildings

Miscellaneous

32Service of documents by electronic communication#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

33Determination of appeals by appointed person: supplementary provision#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Overview

23Overview of this Part#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Agreements relating to listed buildings

28Heritage partnership agreements#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Listed buildings: enforcement

29Temporary stop notices#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Listing of buildings of special architectural or historic interest

24Amendments relating to the listing of buildings#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

25Amendments relating to the temporary listing of buildings#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

26Amendments relating to the listing of buildings: consequential provision#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

27Issue of certificate that building not intended to be listed#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Prevention of deterioration or damage to listed buildings

30Urgent works: extension of scope and recovery of costs#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Part 4 · Miscellaneous

Historic environment records

35Historic environment records#

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36Access to historic environment records#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

37Guidance#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Historic place names

34List of historic place names#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Part 5 · General

40Regulations and orders#

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

41Coming into force#

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42Short title#

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Schedule 1 · Schedules A1 and A2 to be inserted into the ancient monuments and archaeological areas act 1979

Schedule 2 · Schedules 1A and 1B to be inserted into the planning (listed buildings and conservation areas) act 1990

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Key facts

Type: Act · 2016 c. 4
Made by: Senedd Cymru
Extent: England and Wales

History · 1 version

4 Nov 2024Reading

Connections

Amends 3: Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008; Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990; Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979