Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Council may
provide, or arrange for, financial, technical or other assistance to help in,
or as an incentive for, the recording, conservation or presentation of a place
that contributes to an overall sense of the history of its area if the area
has cultural heritage significance, whether or not that place is itself of
such significance as to be entered in the Register or made the subject of a
Heritage Agreement.
(2)
Where —
(a) any
place is the subject of a proposal for registration;
(b) any
land or building is the subject of negotiations for a Heritage Agreement; or
(c)
works or procedures are required to be undertaken urgently to ensure the
recording, conservation or presentation of any place,
the Council may
provide or arrange for immediate assistance or incentives towards
conservation, including recommendation for the remission of rates and taxes,
on the application of the owner or of the occupier with the consent of the
owner, but shall impose conditions requiring repayment within a specified
period unless within that period an agreement is entered into pursuant to
subsection (3).
(3) In relation to any
place which is entered in the Register or a place which is the subject of a
Heritage Agreement the Council may with the approval of the Minister enter
into a written agreement to make grants, pay subsidies, lend moneys or
otherwise provide or arrange for assistance or incentives to any person for
any purpose that will facilitate the recording, conservation or presentation
of that place.
(4) The Council may
make use of, and seek contributions to, the Account for the purposes of this
section.
[Section 33 amended by No. 77 of 2006
s. 17.]