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Infrastructure Protection Act 2017 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Protected Areas and Protected Places

15. Contents and effective date of protected place order

(1)

A protected place order —

(a)

must specify the protected place (whether in the form of a description (of its location or boundaries), map or other representation);

(b)

must designate one or more owners, or one or more occupiers, of the protected place to be the authority of the protected place;

(c)

may, for the purposes of sections 27 and 28, specify any surrounding area of the protected place (whether in the form of a description (of its location or boundaries), map or other representation); and

(d)

must specify the date on which the protected place order takes effect.

(2)

In determining the date under subsection (1)(d), the Minister must have regard to the time reasonably required for the authority to have in place on that date the measures required under section 18(1).

(3)

Where the protected place order designates more than one owner, or more than one occupier, to be the authority of the protected place, each of those persons —

(a)

is jointly and severally responsible for discharging the duties of, and complying with the requirements imposed on, the authority under this Act; and

(b)

may jointly and severally exercise the powers of the authority under this Act.