Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

41 Interpretation of Part II. E+W+S

(1) In this Part of this Act—

(a) “the developer” and “operations notice” have the meanings respectively given by section 35(3) of this Act;

(b) references to a London borough council include references to the Common Council of the City of London;

(c) references to operations on any land include references to operations in, under or over the land in question;

(d) references to the clearance of any site are references to the demolition and removal of any existing building or other structure on the site and the removal of any other materials thereon so as to clear the surface of the land (but do not include the levelling of the surface or the removal of materials from below the surface); and

(e) references to clearance operations are references to operations undertaken for the purpose of or in connection with the clearance of any site.

(2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act, the investigating authority for an area of archaeological importance is the person for the time being holding appointment as such under section 34 of this Act or (if there is no such person) the [F1 Commission (in a case where the area is situated in England) or the Secretary of State (in any other case)].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 41, Sch. 4 para. 59