National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1987

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Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act.

11.— Section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “monument”:

“‘monument’ includes the following, whether above or below the surface of the ground or the water and whether affixed or not affixed to the ground—

(a) any artificial or partly artificial building, structure or erection or group of such buildings, structures or erections,

(b) any cave, stone or other natural product, whether or not forming part of the ground, that has been artificially carved, sculptured or worked upon or which (where it does not form part of the place where it is) appears to have been purposely put or arranged in position,

(c) any, or any part of any, prehistoric or ancient—

(i) tomb, grave or burial deposit, or

(ii) ritual, industrial or habitation site,

and

(d) any place comprising the remains or traces of any such building, structure or erection, any such cave, stone or natural product or any such tomb, grave, burial deposit or ritual, industrial or habitation site,

situated on land or in the territorial waters of the State, but does not include any building, or part of any building, that is habitually used for ecclesiastical purposes;”,

(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “owner”:

“‘owner’, when used in relation to a monument or archaeological area, means the person for the time being having such estate or interest in the monument or archaeological area as entitles him to the actual possession and occupation thereof;”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following definition:

“‘land’ includes land covered by water;”.