Cap. 53activeordinance

Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance

古物及古蹟條例

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s.2A

Declaration of proposed monuments etc. and plans thereof

(1)
For the purpose of considering whether or not any place, building, site or
                structure should be declared to be a monument the Authority may, after consultation
                with the Board, by notice in the Gazette declare it to be a proposed monument,
                proposed historical building, or proposed archaeological or palaeontological site or
                structure.
(2)
A declaration under subsection (1) may include as part of a proposed monument
                any land adjoining the place, building, site or structure required for fencing,
                covering or protecting the proposed monument or for providing or facilitating access
                thereto.
(3)
A notice under subsection (1) shall include a reference to the appropriate plan
                deposited under subsection (4).
(4)
The Authority shall, upon publication of a declaration under subsection
                (1
)—
(a)
sign and deposit in the Land Registry a plan clearly showing the situation
                    of the proposed monument; and
(Amended
8 of 1993 s. 2
;
20 of 2002 s. 5
)
(b)
if the declaration relates to a proposed monument within private
land—
(i)
register the declaration in the Land Registry;
(Amended
8 of 1993 s. 2
)
(ii)
serve on the owner and any lawful occupier of the private land a copy
                        of the notice of declaration, together with a copy of the plan;
                        and
(iii)
fix to the private land a copy of the notice of declaration and a copy
                        of the plan.
(5)
The Authority
shall—
(a)
keep available at his office, for public inspection at all reasonable
                    times, a copy of every plan deposited under subsection (4); and
(b)
at the request of the owner or a lawful occupier of a proposed monument
                    which is shown on a plan so deposited, deliver a copy of the plan free of charge
                    to the owner or occupier.