(1)  The Heritage Council may enter a place in the Heritage Register if it is satisfied that the place has historic cultural heritage significance.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , the Heritage Council may determine that a place has historic cultural heritage significance if it is satisfied that the place meets one or more of the following criteria:

(a) the place is important to the course or pattern of Tasmania's history;

(b) the place possesses uncommon or rare aspects of Tasmania's history;

(c) the place has the potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Tasmania's history;

(d) the place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of place in Tasmania's history;

(e) the place is important in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement;

(f) the place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social or spiritual reasons;

(g) the place has a special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Tasmania's history;

(h) the place is important in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics.