# Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (repealed) 2016 anaw 4 · enacted 21 March 2016 · revised to 4 November 2024 An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision amending certain aspects of the law relating to ancient monuments and listed buildings; to establish a register of historic parks and gardens and a list of historic place names; to establish historic environment records for local authority areas; to establish an Advisory Panel for the Welsh Historic Environment; and for connected purposes. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2016-repealed/pdf/anaw_20160004_mi.pdf; Printed copy (Welsh) https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2016-repealed/pdf/anaw_20160004_we.pdf; Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2016-repealed/pdf/anaw_20160004_en.pdf; Explanatory Note https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2016-repealed/pdf/anawen_20160004_we.pdf; Explanatory Note https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2016-repealed/pdf/anawen_20160004_mi.pdf; Explanatory Note https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2016-repealed/pdf/anawen_20160004_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: OVERVIEW ## 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: ANCIENT MONUMENTS ETC ### Overview ## 2 Overview of this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Schedule of monuments ## 3 Amendments relating to the Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Amendments relating to the Schedule: consequential provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Scheduled monument consent ## 5 Simplification of process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Grant of consent for unauthorised works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Offence of false information on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Refusal of repeat applications etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Procedure for determining applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Compensation for refusal of scheduled monument consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Agreements relating to scheduled monuments ## 11 Heritage partnership agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Scheduled monuments: enforcement ## 12 Enforcement notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Temporary stop notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Injunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Modifications relating to offences ## 15 Control of works affecting scheduled monuments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Damaging certain ancient monuments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Restrictions on use of metal detectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Historic parks and gardens ## 18 Register of historic parks and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Miscellaneous ## 19 Land believed to contain an ancient monument: power of entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Monuments in territorial waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Service of documents by electronic communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Meaning of “monument” in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: LISTED BUILDINGS ### Overview ## 23 Overview of this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Listing of buildings of special architectural or historic interest ## 24 Amendments relating to the listing of buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Amendments relating to the temporary listing of buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Amendments relating to the listing of buildings: consequential provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Issue of certificate that building not intended to be listed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Agreements relating to listed buildings ## 28 Heritage partnership agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Listed buildings: enforcement ## 29 Temporary stop notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Prevention of deterioration or damage to listed buildings ## 30 Urgent works: extension of scope and recovery of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Preservation of listed buildings in disrepair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Miscellaneous ## 32 Service of documents by electronic communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Determination of appeals by appointed person: supplementary provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: MISCELLANEOUS ### Historic place names ## 34 List of historic place names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Historic environment records ## 35 Historic environment records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Access to historic environment records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Advisory Panel for the Welsh Historic Environment ## 38 Establishment of Panel and work programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Constitution etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: GENERAL ## 40 Regulations and orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Coming into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 SCHEDULES A1 AND A2 TO BE INSERTED INTO THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS ACT 1979 “SCHEDULE A1 LAPSE OF INTERIM PROTECTION (introduced by section 1AC) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE A2 DECISIONS ON REVIEWS BY PERSON APPOINTED BY WELSH MINISTERS (introduced by section 1AE) Decisions on reviews by appointed persons 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers and duties of appointed person 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appointment of another person to make a decision on a review 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public local inquiries, hearings and written representations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Directions 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delegation 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplementary provision 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .” ## Schedule 2 SCHEDULES 1A AND 1B TO BE INSERTED INTO THE PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 “SCHEDULE 1A LAPSE OF INTERIM PROTECTION (introduced by section 2C) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 1B DECISIONS ON REVIEWS BY PERSON APPOINTED BY WELSH MINISTERS (introduced by section 2D) Decisions on reviews by appointed persons 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers and duties of appointed person 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appointment of another person to make a decision on a review 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local inquiries, hearings and written representations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Directions 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delegation 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplementary provision 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .” --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/4 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2016-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.