Mr. Seán Carpenter:

We return to this concept of a relevant thing of relevant interest. It is set out in head 2 of the Bill that relevant things are those such as artificial structures, shipwrecks, ritual or ceremonial sites, any sites where an historic event took place, or sites with legendary mythological associations. We have quite a broad definition of what a relevant thing may be. For a thing to be considered a prescribed monument there must be a level of archaeological interest associated with it. No date range is specified, either under the existing legislative framework or the proposed legislation. When we talk about registered monuments, it is wider again. We are talking about the relevant things, but with the relevant interest we are referring to archaeological, architectural, artistic, historic or traditional interest. Once those criteria are made, they are eligible to be either a prescribed monument or to be entered into the register of monuments. There will not be any date to specify that.