National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1954

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Making of leases and granting of licences by Commissioners or local authority.

17.—(1) Where the Commissioners or a local authority are the owners of a national monument they may, subject, in the case of the Commissioners, to the consent (either general or particular) of the Minister, and, in the case of a local authority, to the consent of the Commissioners, make leases and grant licences in respect thereof for such purposes and for such term and subject to such conditions, including the payment of rent, as the Commissioners or the local authority, as the case may be, think fit.

(2) The exercise of the rights conferred by subsection (1) of this section on the Commissioners or a local authority shall not relieve them of the duties imposed on them as the owners of a national monument by the Principal Act and this Act.

(3) All moneys received by the Commissioners under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister shall direct.