Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HERITAGE ACT 2004 (NO. 57 OF 2004)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Objects of Act  
   4.      Dictionary  
   5.      Notes  
   6.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  
   7.      Relationship with Emergencies Act 2004  

   PART 2--IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

   8.      Place and object  
   9.      Aboriginal place and object  
   10.     Heritage significance  
   11.     Registered  
   12.     Registration details  
   13.     Interested person  
   14.     Representative Aboriginal organisations  
   15.     Conservation management plan  

   PART 3--HERITAGE COUNCIL

   16.     Establishment of heritage council  
   17.     Members of council  
   18.     Functions of council  
   19.     Procedures of council  

   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.     Correction of heritage register  

   PART 5--HERITAGE GUIDELINES

   25.     Guidelines about conserving heritage significance  
   26.     Public consultation about heritage guidelines  
   27.     Application of heritage guidelines  

   PART 6--REGISTRATION OF PLACES AND OBJECTS

           Division 6.1--Provisional registration

   28.     Nomination of place or object for provisional registration  
   29.     Application for urgent decision on nomination  
   30.     Dismissal of nomination  
   31.     Consultation with representative Aboriginal organisation about provisional  
   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.     Extension of provisional registration  

           Division 6.2--Registration

   37.     Public consultation about registration of place or object  
   38.     Report to Minister about public consultation  
   39.     Minister may require further consideration by council  
   40.     Decision about registration  
   41.     Registration of place or object  
   42.     Notice of decision about registration  

   PART 7--CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION

   43.     Cancellation proposal  
   44.     Notice of cancellation proposal  
   45.     Consultation with representative Aboriginal organisation about cancellation  
   46.     Public consultation about cancellation proposal  
   47.     Decision about cancellation proposal  
   48.     Cancellation of registration of place or object  
   49.     Notice of decision about cancellation  
   50.     Partial cancellation of registration of place  

   PART 8--DISCOVERY OF ABORIGINAL PLACES AND OBJECTS

   51.     Reporting discovery of Aboriginal place or object  
   52.     Exceptions to reporting obligation  
   53.     Assessing heritage significance of reported Aboriginal places and  

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

   PART 11--HERITAGE DIRECTIONS

   62.     Heritage direction by Minister  
   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 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.    Annual heritage reports  
   109.    Heritage audit  
   110.    Conservation management plan  

   PART 17--AAT REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   111.    Meaning of interested person for pt 17  
   112.    Reviewable decisions  
   113.    Notice of reviewable decisions  
   114.    Review of decisions by AAT  

   PART 18--MISCELLANEOUS

   115.    Repository for Territory-owned Aboriginal objects  
   116.    Criminal liability of executive officers  
   117.    Service of documents on council  
   118.    Legal immunity for council members etc  
   119.    Approved forms  
   120.    Determination of fees  
   121.    Delegation  
   122.    Regulation-making power  
   123.    5-year review  

   PART 19--TRANSITIONAL

   124.    Definitions for pt 19  
   125.    Legislation repealed  
   126.    Legislation amended—sch 1  
   127.    Applications for registration on old heritage places register  
   128.    Places on old heritage places register  
   129.    Conservation requirements for places on old heritage places register  
   130.    Objects on old heritage objects register  
   131.    Conservation requirements for objects on old heritage objects register  
   132.    Restricted information on old registers  
   133.    Unregistered Aboriginal places and objects  
   134.    Transitional regulations  
   135.     Modification of pt 19's operation  
   136.    Expiry of pt 19  
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