Power to make interim order

(1) The Minister may make an interim protection order in relation to a place or object if, in the opinion of the Council or NICH, it is necessary or desirable to do so for the purposes of this Act. (2) An interim protection order must be in the form prescribed by NICH. (3) The Council or NICH shall cause the interim protection order or a reproduction of the order to be served on the owner, occupier or person apparently in charge of the place or object. (4) In the case of– (a) a place which is a government building or government land; or (b) an object which is in or on a government building or government land, NICH shall give the order required to be served under sub- section (3) to a Minister or any other person or body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, responsible for the care, management or control of that building or land. National Cultural Heritage 38