Permit for intervention on heritage asset

(1) No person shall make any alterations to or carry out any works or development on any designated heritage asset without first applying to and obtaining permission from NICH. National Cultural Heritage Preservation 49 (2) A person desiring to make alterations to a designated heritage asset shall apply in writing to NICH for permission to do so. (3) Before determining an application under this section, NICH may require such information including the results of such tests, examinations or inspection by such person or persons accredited under this Act for the purpose as may be required by NICH, and such research on the history, composition, provenance or other aspect of the relevant heritage asset as may be considered necessary for the purpose. (4) In granting permission under this section, NICH may impose such conditions as it may consider appropriate, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing– (a) that the work or any part thereof shall be carried out in accordance with such protocol as may be prescribed or as may be attached to the permission; (b) that the work and the various phases thereof be photographed or otherwise documented or recorded; (c) that a report on the work be delivered to NICH at such times as may be stated in the permission; and (d) that the work or any part thereof as may be stated in the permission is carried out, by or under the supervision as shall be stated in the permission, of such person or persons accredited under this Act for such work.