[POAP 3]\u2003Prohibition of certain acts unless authorised by permit3\u2003
(1)\u2003Unless authorised by a permit issued by the Board, no person shall by means of excavation or surface operations search for any object of archaeological or palaeontological interest. Such permit shall, so far as is practicable, be in Form A set out in the Schedule. (2)\u2003The Board shall, before issuing a permit under this section, satisfy itself that the applicant is competent both by training or experience to carry out an exploration or excavation in accordance with the most recent scientific methods, and may, in its discretion, require to be satisfied that the applicant has the support, financial and otherwise, of an archaeological or scientific society or institution of repute.
(3)\u2003In every permit issued under this section there shall be implied an undertaking on the part of the permit holder that he or she, or the institution which he or she represents, will, within a period of 2 years after the completion of the exploration or excavation authorised by the permit or within such longer period as the Board may in writing approve, produce an adequate scientific report or publication on the results of the exploration and/or excavation, as the case may be, and will deposit with the Board 2 copies of such report or publication.
(4)\u2003The Board may at any time, without assigning any reason, revoke a permit given under this section.