30 Duty to notify Coroner for Treasure etc of acquisition of certain objects

30  Duty to notify Coroner for Treasure etc of acquisition of certain objects

(1)     After section 8 of the Treasure Act 1996 (c 24) there is inserted—

“8A Duty to notify coroner of acquisition of certain objects

(1)     A person who—

(a)     acquires property in an object, and

(b)     believes or has reasonable grounds for believing—

(i)     that the object is treasure, and

(ii)     that notification in respect of the object has not been given under section 8(1) or this subsection,

must notify the Coroner for Treasure before the end of the notice period.

(2)     The notice period is fourteen days beginning with—

(a)     the day after the person acquires property in the object; or

(b)     if later, the day on which the person first believes or has reason to believe—

(i)     that the object is treasure; and

(ii)     that notification in respect of the object has

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