23rd June 2008, 02:48 PM
Unitof1
'if the land is not scheduled, doesn?t the landowner own the rights to the archaeology?'
The landowner owns the artefacts whether the land is scheduled or not. Pipeline builders pay the landowner for wayleave to construct and maintain the pipeline, but this does not include any transfer of ownership of artefacts. The pipeline builders pick up the bill for the undertaking of archaeological work.
Nobody owns 'the rights to the archaeology', whatever these may be.
Beamo
'if the land is not scheduled, doesn?t the landowner own the rights to the archaeology?'
The landowner owns the artefacts whether the land is scheduled or not. Pipeline builders pay the landowner for wayleave to construct and maintain the pipeline, but this does not include any transfer of ownership of artefacts. The pipeline builders pick up the bill for the undertaking of archaeological work.
Nobody owns 'the rights to the archaeology', whatever these may be.
Beamo