National Monuments Acts

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Irish legislation heritage protection law

The National Monuments Acts are a series of Irish laws that provide the primary legal framework for protecting, preserving, and regulating access to the country’s archaeological and architectural heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
National Monuments Acts canonical	1
National Monuments Acts 1930–2014	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish legislation ⓘ heritage protection law ⓘ
administeredBy	Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ National Monuments Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	archaeological monuments ⓘ architectural monuments ⓘ historic sites ⓘ underwater archaeological heritage ⓘ
comprises	National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1954 NERFINISHED ⓘ National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987 NERFINISHED ⓘ National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004 NERFINISHED ⓘ National Monuments Act 1930 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
enactedBy	Oireachtas of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	introduced to modernise and consolidate earlier Irish monument protection laws ⓘ
includesMechanism	compulsory purchase of monuments in certain circumstances ⓘ criminal offences for unauthorised interference with monuments ⓘ guardianship of monuments by local authorities ⓘ guardianship of monuments by the State ⓘ
influencedBy	European heritage protection standards ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
legalFrameworkFor	preservation of national monuments in Ireland ⓘ protection of archaeological heritage in Ireland ⓘ protection of architectural heritage in Ireland ⓘ regulation of access to archaeological sites in Ireland ⓘ regulation of works affecting national monuments in Ireland ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to control alteration or demolition of protected monuments ⓘ to safeguard sites of national archaeological importance ⓘ to safeguard structures of national architectural importance ⓘ
providesFor	consent procedures for works affecting national monuments ⓘ declaration of national monuments ⓘ licensing of archaeological excavations ⓘ preservation orders for monuments ⓘ recording of monuments and places ⓘ
recognises	ownership rights in relation to archaeological objects ⓘ
regulates	discovery and reporting of archaeological objects ⓘ export of archaeological objects ⓘ
relatedTo	Architectural Heritage (National Inventory) and Historic Monuments legislation NERFINISHED ⓘ Planning and Development Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	in force with amendments ⓘ
subjectArea	archaeology ⓘ architecture ⓘ cultural heritage law ⓘ planning and development control ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Monument of Ireland → legalBasis → National Monuments Acts ⓘ

National Monument of Ireland → relatedTo → National Monuments Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Monuments Acts 1930–2014