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Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023, Cross Heading: Historic parks and gardens is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 13 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Historic parks and gardensE+W

192Duty to maintain and publish register of historic parks and gardensE+W

(1)The Welsh Ministers must maintain a register of parks and gardens in Wales they consider to be of special historic interest, and must publish the up-to-date register.

(2)The Welsh Ministers must decide whether, or to what extent,‍ to include as part of the registration of a park or garden—

(a)any building or water on, adjoining or adjacent to it, or

(b)any land adjoining or adjacent to it.

(3)The Welsh Ministers may amend the register by—

(a)adding an entry,

(b)removing an entry, or

(c)amending an entry.

(4)As soon as possible after amending the register, the Welsh Ministers must—

(a)serve notice that they have done so on the persons mentioned in subsection (5), and

(b)in the case of any amendment under subsection (3)(a) or (c), include with the notice a copy of the entry or amended entry in the register.

(5)The persons referred to in subsection (4) are—

(a)every owner and occupier of the park or garden in question (including, if different, the owners and occupiers of anything appearing in the register by virtue of subsection (2));

(b)the planning authority in whose area the park or garden is situated (including, if different, the planning authority in whose area anything appearing in the register by virtue of subsection (2) is situated).

(6)In this section references to parks and gardens include—

(a)places of recreation, and

(b)any other designed grounds (including designed ornamental landscapes).

Commencement Information

I1S. 192 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 212(2)

I2S. 192 in force at 4.11.2024 by S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(c)

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