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HERITAGE ACT 2004

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

  • 1 Name of Act  
  • 3 Objects of Act  
  • 3A Exercise of functions under Act  
  • 3B Registration of urban tree  
  • 4 Dictionary  
  • 5 Notes  
  • 6 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  
  • 7 Application of Act to Emergencies Act 2004  

PART 2--IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

PART 3--HERITAGE COUNCIL

  • 16 Establishment of heritage council  
  • 17 Members of council  
  • 18 Functions of council  
  • 19 Procedures of council  
  • 19A Council must consult scientific committee on matters affecting natural heritage  

PART 4--HERITAGE REGISTER

  • 20 Establishment of heritage register  
  • 21 Public access to heritage register  
  • 22 Restricted information on heritage register  
  • 23 Judicial notice of matters on heritage register  
  • 24 Heritage register corrections and changes  
  • 24A Effect of further registration decision about registered place or  

PART 5--HERITAGE GUIDELINES

  • 25 Guidelines about conserving heritage significance  
  • 26 Public consultation about heritage guidelines  
  • 26A Period for making heritage guidelines  
  • 26B Report to Minister about public consultation on heritage  
  • 26C Minister may require further consideration by council on heritage  
  • 26D Heritage guidelines revocation  
  • 26E Notification about heritage guidelines  
  • 27 Application of heritage guidelines  

PART 6--REGISTRATION OF PLACES AND OBJECTS

Division 6.1--Provisional registration

  • 28 Application for provisional registration of place or object—nomination  
  • 29 Decision about nomination application  
  • 30 Request for urgent provisional registration  
  • 31 Council must consult representative Aboriginal organisation  
  • 31A Consultation with scientific committee about provisional registration  
  • 32 Decision about provisional registration  
  • 33 Provisional registration of place or object  
  • 34 Notice of decision about provisional registration  
  • 35 Period of provisional registration  
  • 36 End of period of provisional registration without decision  

Division 6.2--Registration

  • 37 Public consultation about registration of place or object  
  • 38 Report to Minister about public consultation  
  • 39 Minister may require council to further consider issues related to  
  • 40 Decision about registration  

Division 6.3--Registration of place or object protected under Nature Conservation Act 2014

  • 42A Registration of place or object under this Act limited if place or object already protected  

PART 7--CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION

  • 43 Cancellation proposal  
  • 44 Notice of cancellation proposal  
  • 45 Consultation with representative Aboriginal organisation about cancellation  
  • 45A Consultation with scientific committee about cancellation proposal  
  • 46 Public consultation about cancellation proposal  
  • 47 Report to Minister about public consultation  
  • 48 Minister may require council to further consider issues related to  
  • 49 Decision about cancellation proposal  
  • 50 Partial cancellation of registration of place or object  

PART 8--MANAGEMENT OF ABORIGINAL PLACES AND ABORIGINAL OBJECTS

PART 9--RESTRICTED INFORMATION

  • 54 Declaration of restricted information  
  • 55 Restricted information not to be published without approval  
  • 56 Approval to publish restricted information  
  • 57 Limited access to restricted information  

PART 10--LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

  • 58 Meaning of development—pt 10  
  • 59 Simplified outline  
  • 60 Advice about effect of development on heritage significance  
  • 61 Requirements for council's advice about development  

PART 10A--TREE DAMAGING ACTIVITY ETC

  • 61A Definitions—pt 10A  
  • 61B Advice about effect of tree damaging activity or tree management  
  • 61C Requirements for advice about tree damaging activity or tree management  
  • 61D Effect of advice about tree damaging activity or tree management  

PART 10B--PERMISSIONS AND APPROVALS

  • 61E Application to excavate  
  • 61F Permit to excavate  
  • 61G Application for approval of statement of heritage effect  
  • 61H Approval of statement of heritage effect  
  • 61I Council may direct application for approval of statement of heritage  
  • 61J Application for approval of conservation management plan  
  • 61K Approval of conservation management plan  

PART 11--HERITAGE DIRECTIONS

  • 62 Heritage direction by council  
  • 63 Service of heritage direction  
  • 64 Extension of heritage direction  
  • 65 Contravention of heritage direction—offence  
  • 66 Contravention of heritage direction—action by authorised person  
  • 67 Order to enforce exercise of functions  

PART 11A--REPAIR DAMAGE DIRECTIONS

  • 67A Repair damage direction by council  
  • 67B Extension of repair damage direction  
  • 67C Offence—fail to comply with repair damage direction  
  • 67D Repair of damage by Territory  

PART 12--CIVIL PROTECTION OF HERITAGE

  • 68 Application for heritage order  
  • 69 Heritage order  
  • 70 Interim heritage order  
  • 71 Costs  
  • 72 Security for costs etc  
  • 73 Respondent's loss etc in relation to heritage order proceedings  

PART 13--HERITAGE OFFENCES

  • 74 Diminishing heritage significance of place or object  
  • 75 Damaging Aboriginal place or object  
  • 76 Exceptions to part 13 offences  

PART 14--ENFORCEMENT

Division 14.1--General

  • 77 Definitions for pt 14  

Division 14.2--Authorised people

  • 78 Appointment of authorised people  
  • 79 Identity cards  

Division 14.3--Powers of authorised people

  • 80 Power to enter premises  
  • 81 Production of identity card  
  • 82 Consent to entry  
  • 83 General powers on entry to premises  
  • 84 Power to seize things  
  • 85 Power to require name and address  

Division 14.4--Search warrants

  • 86 Warrants generally  
  • 87 Warrants—application made other than in person  
  • 88 Search warrants—announcement before entry  
  • 89 Details of search warrant to be given to occupier etc  
  • 90 Occupier entitled to be present during search etc  

Division 14.5--Return and forfeiture of things seized

  • 91 Receipt for things seized  
  • 92 Moving things to another place for examination or processing under search  
  • 93 Access to things seized  
  • 94 Return of things seized  

Division 14.6--Miscellaneous

  • 95 Information discovery order  
  • 96 Contravention of information discovery order  
  • 97 Damage etc to be minimised  
  • 98 Compensation for exercise of enforcement powers  

PART 15--HERITAGE AGREEMENTS

  • 99 Heritage agreement with Minister  
  • 100 Provisions of heritage agreement  
  • 101 Amending or ending heritage agreement  
  • 102 Period of heritage agreement  
  • 103 Binding nature of heritage agreement  
  • 104 Enforcement order  
  • 105 Financial and other assistance  

PART 16--HERITAGE AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

  • 106 Meaning of public authority for pt 16  
  • 107 Public authority heritage places and heritage  
  • 108 Heritage reports  
  • 109 Assessment of heritage reports by council  
  • 109A Public reporting  
  • 110 Conservation management plan  

PART 17--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS

  • 111 Meaning of reviewable decision  
  • 112 Meaning of decision-maker—pt 17  
  • 113 Reviewable decision notices  
  • 114 Applications for review  
  • 114A Stay of decision under review  

PART 18--MISCELLANEOUS

  • 116 Criminal liability of executive officers  
  • 117 Service of documents on council  
  • 118 Legal immunity for council members etc  
  • 118A Council may ask for information from commissioner for revenue in certain  
  • 118B Council may ask for information about leases from commissioner for  
  • 119 Approved forms  
  • 120 Determination of fees  
  • 121 Delegation  
  • 122 Regulation-making power  

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