DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and noncommercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO). for its maintenance. - 2. Where the maintenance of a monument or relic is delegated under subsection (1) to a local authority, the local authority shall maintain that monument or relic under the supervision of the Chief Antiquities Officer. PART V: LISTING OF MONUMENTS OF NATIONAL OR LOCAL IMPORTANCE 22.-1. The Minister shall compile a list of national monuments (other than those protected under section 11) of exceptional or special interest or of particular importance. - 2. In compiling a list under subsection (1), the Minister shall pay due regard to group value of monuments. - 3. The Minister shall serve notice on every owner or occupier of a listed monument to inform such occupier or owner that the monument is a listed monument. 23.-1. A local authority may, and where so requested by the Minister, compile a list of monuments of local importance. 2. Upon compiling a list of monuments of local importance, the local authority concerned shall submit the list to the Minister for approval and monuments on such list shall not be regarded as listed for the purposes of this Act, unless the list has been approved by the Minister. 24.-1. Any demolition, alteration or extension of a listed monument shall be undertaken only with the written consent of the Minister which may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose. - 2. In the case of demolition, the owner or occupier of the listed monument shall give two months notice in writing to the Minister of his intention and, upon receipt of such notice, the Minister may arrange for a record of the listed monument concerned to be made. - 3. Conditions attaching to a consent granted under subsection (1) may relate to (a) preservation of the features in situ or as salvage; (b) making good any damage caused by the works; (c) reconstruction of all or part of the monument including re-use of the original material; (d) prohibition of demolition prior to the signing of a contract for the work of redeveloping the site; and (e) the period within which the works shall be commenced, which period shall, in no case, exceed three months from the date the consent was granted. - 4. In determining applications for demolishing, altering or extending a listed monument, the Minister shall have special regard to the desirability of preserving the monument or its setting or any special features it possesses. -5. A person who contravenes subsection (1) or any condition of a consent granted under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence. - 6. It shall be a defense to an offence under subsection (5) if the person accused proves that the unauthorized works of demolition, alteration or extension were urgently required in the interest of health or safety and the Minister was notified as soon as was reasonably practicable.