146BMinister may direct that relic be given to museum or other conservation body

146B Minister may direct that relic be given to museum or other conservation body

146B Minister may direct that relic be given to museum or other conservation body

(1) The Minister may, by notice in writing, direct any person—

(a) who is or has been the holder of a permit, or

(b) who, in the Minister’s opinion, has obtained a historic shipwreck as a consequence of having removed the relic without a historic shipwrecks permit, in contravention of section 51, or

(c) who, in the Minister’s opinion, has obtained a relic as a consequence of having excavated land without an excavation permit, in contravention of section 139,

to deliver the relic to a specified person or body (such as a museum) who in the opinion of the Minister has the facilities and expertise to conserve the relic.

(2) Such a direction may be given on the ground that the person has obtained the relic as a consequence of—

(a) having removed the relic without a historic shipwrecks permit, in contravention of section 51, or

(b) having excavated land without an excavation permit, in contravention of section 139,

whether or not the person has been prosecuted or convicted of an offence in respect of the alleged contravention.

s 146B: Ins 1987 No 11, Sch 4 (11). Subst 1998 No 138, Sch 1 [52]; 2001 No 65, Sch 1 [22].