# Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023, Section 47: General functions of guardians

Extent: E+W

(1) The guardian of a monument must maintain it, and may do anything the guardian considers necessary for its maintenance.
(2) The guardian of a monument has full control and management of it, and may do anything the guardian considers necessary for its proper control and management.
(3) The powers in subsections (1) and (2) include power to—
(a) make any examination of the monument;
(b) open up the monument or make excavations of it for the purpose of examination or otherwise;
(c) remove the whole or any part of the monument to another place for the purposes of preserving it.
(4) The power in subsection (2) includes power to require the payment of a charge in connection with any use of the monument.
(5) The guardian of a monument may enter the site of the monument for the purpose of exercising any of the guardian’s powers under this section in relation to it (and may authorise any other person to enter the site and exercise those powers on the guardian’s behalf).
(6) Subsections (2) to (4) are subject to any provision to the contrary in the guardianship deed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/3/section/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2023/section-47
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