45(1)Section 19 of the 1979 Act (public access to monuments under public control) shall be amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In subsection (1) after “Secretary of State" there shall be inserted “ or the Commission ”.
(3)In subsection (2) after “Secretary of State" (in the first place) there shall be inserted “ and the Commission ”.
(4)In subsection (3) for “this section" there shall be substituted “ this subsection ”, and at the end there shall be inserted—
“The Secretary of State shall consult with the Commission before he makes any regulations under this subsection in relation only to monuments situated in England.”
(5)In subsection (4) for “this section" there shall be substituted “ that subsection ”.
(6)After subsection (4) there shall be inserted—
“(4A)The Secretary of State may by regulations under this subsection make such provision as appears to him necessary for prohibiting or regulating any act or thing which would tend to injure or disfigure any monument under the ownership or guardianship of the Commission by virtue of this Act or the monument’s amenities or to disturb the public in their enjoyment of it.
(4B)The Secretary of State shall consult with the Commission before he makes any regulations under subsection (4A) above.”
(7)In subsection (5) after “Secretary of State" (in the first place) there shall be inserted “ and the Commission ”.
(8)In subsection (6) after “Secretary of State" (in the first place) there shall be inserted “ or by the Commission ”, and in paragraph (a) for “(as the case may be) of that local authority" there shall be substituted “ the Commission or that local authority (as the case may be) ”.