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(1)This section applies, subject to subsection (2) below, to land being, or being the site of—
(a)a monument with respect to which an interim preservation notice is in force, or
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(2)Subsection (1) above shall not include a listed building, or any land or object comprised within the curtilage of a listed building, unless the building or object—
(a)is specified in the Schedule to the M1Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882, or
(b)is for the time being specified in a list published under section 12 of the M2Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913.
(3)In so far as a compulsory purchase order authorises the purchase of land to which this section applies, the order shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure unless the Secretary of State is the acquiring authority or certifies that the acquiring authority has entered into an undertaking with the Secretary of State to observe such conditions as to the use of the land as in his opinion are requisite having regard to the nature thereof.
(4)Subsection (1)(b) above is prospectively repealed by the M3Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 to this Act, that is to say repealed by a provision which may be brought into force under section 65(2) of that Act.
(5)In this section—
“interim preservation notice” means a notice served under section 10(1) of the M4Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953,
“listed building” has the meaning given by [F2section 1 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990].
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F1S. 20(1)(b) repealed by Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46, SIF 3), Sch. 5 Pt. II (as amended by Acquistion of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), Sch. 4 para. 29)
F2Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 53(1)
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