Field Monuments Act 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1972 c. 43 |
| Year | 1972 |
Field MonumentsAct 1972
1972 CHAPTER 43
An Act to make provision for agreements for the protection of certain ancient monuments and consequential provision for payments under such agreements out of moneys provided by Parliament to occupiers of land which is the site of such a monument.
[27th July 1972]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Acknowledgment payments under agreements for the protection of field monuments.
(1) The Secretary of State may make payments to any occupier of land which is the site of a field monument, if in the opinion of the Secretary of State there is a danger that the monument will be injured in the course of agriculture or forestry, in consideration of the occupier entering into an agreement under this Act with the Secretary of State for the protection of that monument, and as an acknowledgment of the occupier undertaking the duties and liabilities for which the agreement provides.
In this Act—
‘field monument’ means an ancient monument which is for the time being specified in a list published under section 12 of the Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913 or in respect of which a notice has been served under section 6(1) of the Ancient Monuments Act 1931 (notice of intention to include a monument in a list under the said section 12);
‘acknowledgment payment agreement’ means an agreement under this Act; and
‘acknowledgment payment’ means a payment under an acknowledgment payment agreement.
(2) Any person who has an interest in land which is the site of a field monument may be a party to an acknowledgment payment agreement in addition to the occupier; but no person other than the occupier shall be entitled under this Act to an acknowledgment payment.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, an acknowledgment payment agreement—
(a ) may restrict the use of the site of the monument;
(b ) may prohibit in relation to the site the doing of any such thing as may be specified in the agreement;
(c ) may provide for the carrying out of such work in relation to the site and the doing of such other things in relation to it as may be so specified;
(d ) shall provide for the making of acknowledgment payments, of such amounts and upon such terms as may be specified in the agreement, in recognition of the interference with agriculture or forestry which is expected to be caused by the carrying out of the agreement.
(4) Part I of the Schedule to this Act shall have effect to empower limited owners and trustees to enter into acknowledgment payment agreements, and Part II shall have effect as to the enforcement of acknowledgment payment agreements.
2 Effect of acknowledgment payment agreement in relation to demolition etc. of monuments.
2. After section 6(2) of the Ancient Monuments Act...
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