(1) A public authority must give the council a written report (a heritage report ) for a heritage reporting period if the authority was responsible for a heritage place or object at any time during the period.
(2) A heritage report must include—
(a) details about each heritage place or object for which the authority was responsible during the reporting period; and
(b) if the authority disposed of a heritage place or object during the reporting period—details about the disposal of the place or object; and
(c) any other information prescribed by regulation.
(3) However, a heritage report does not need to include details about a heritage place or object if—
(a) details about the place or object were included in a previous heritage report to the council; and
(b) since the previous heritage report—
(i) the details about the place or object have not changed; and
(ii) the place or object was not disposed of by the authority.
(4) A regulation may prescribe information that may, or must not, be included in a heritage report.
(5) A heritage report must be given to the council by the heritage reporting day.
(6) In this section:
"heritage reporting day", for a heritage report, means the day that is 1 month after the end of the heritage reporting period to which the report relates.
"heritage reporting period" means a period of 3 years beginning on 1 July 2014, and each successive 3-year period.