Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL ACT 2003 - SECT 21

             (1)  The Council must keep in accordance with this Part and the regulations a register of places in the Australian jurisdiction and their heritage values, called the Register of the National Estate.

Note:          Under Part 16 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 , the Minister administering that Act must have regard to information in the Register in making any decision under that Act to which the information is relevant.

             (2)  The regulations may make provision in relation to:

                     (a)  the Council consulting or informing specified persons (other than those mentioned in section 22 or 23) about:

                              (i)  the proposed or actual inclusion of a place in the Register; or

                             (ii)  the proposed or actual removal of a place, part of a place or a heritage value from the Register; and

                     (b)  the content of the Register; and

                     (c)  the form in which the Register may be kept; and

                     (d)  inspection, publication and copying of the Register.

             (3)  Subsection (2) does not limit the regulations that may be made for the purposes of this Part.