Section 32
Monument Preservation Order
of State Heritage Enactment 2017
(1)
Where the Director, with the concurrence of the Council, is satisfied that any monument regarded as suitable to be registered as a heritage site is in dilapidation or in imminent danger of demolition, destruction, damage or alteration, the Director shall serve on the owner of the monument a Monument Preservation Order pending approval of its registration.
(2)
The Monument Preservation Order shall contain such condition as may be specified.
(3)
A Monument Preservation Order shall come into operation as soon as it is served on the owner of the monument.
(4)
A Monument Preservation order shall remain in operation for a period of ninety days from the date it is served and may be extended by the Director for such period of time as he may think fit.
(5)
Notwithstanding subsection (4), the Monument Preservation Order shall cease to be in force –
(a)
if the monument is designated as a heritage site; or
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(b)
if the Director has decided not to designate the monument as a heritage site.
(6)
Any person who contravenes the Monument Preservation Order commits an offence.