WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES CONSERVATION ACT 1983 No. 5 of 1983 - SECT 6 Property to which section 9 applies

WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES CONSERVATION ACT 1983 No. 5 of 1983 - SECT 6

6. (1) A Proclamation may be made under sub-section (3) in relation to
identified property that is not in any State.

(2) A Proclamation may also be made under sub-section (3) in relation to
identified property that is in a State and is property to which one or more of
the following paragraphs applies or apply:

   (a)  the Commonwealth has, pursuant to a request by the State, submitted to
        the World Heritage Committee under Article 11 of the Convention that
        the property is suitable for inclusion in the World Heritage List
        provided for in paragraph 2 of that Article, whether the request by
        the State was made before or after the commencement of this Act and
        whether or not the property was identified property at the time when
        the request was made;

   (b)  the protection or conservation of the property by Australia is a
        matter of international obligation, whether by reason of the
        Convention or otherwise;

   (c)  the protection or conservation of the property by Australia is
        necessary or desirable for the purpose of giving effect to a treaty
        (including the Convention) or for the purpose of obtaining for
        Australia any advantage or benefit under a treaty (including the
        Convention);

   (d)  the protection or conservation of the property by Australia is a
        matter of international concern (whether or not it is also a matter of
        domestic concern), whether by reason that a failure by Australia to
        take proper measures for the protection or conservation of the
        property would, or would be likely to, prejudice Australia's relations
        with other countries or for any other reason;

   (e)  the property is part of the heritage distinctive of the Australian
        nation -

        (i)    by reason of its aesthetic, historic, scientific or social
significance; or

        (ii)   by reason of its international or national renown, an, by
               reason of the lack or inadequacy of any other available means
               for its protection or conservation, it is peculiarly
               appropriate that measures for the protection or conservation of
               the property be taken by the Parliament and Government of the
               Commonwealth as the national parliament and government of
               Australia.

(3) Where the Governor-General is satisfied that any property in respect of
which a Proclamation may be made under this sub-section is being or is likely
to be damaged or destroyed, he may, by Proclamation, declare that property to
be property to which section 9 applies.