Australian Heritage Council Regulations 2003 (Cth)

Australian Heritage Council Regulations 2003

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 3531

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003.

Dated 18 December 2003

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage

    

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Australian Heritage Council Regulations 2003.

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 January 2004.

3Definition

In these Regulations:

Act means the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003.

4Council’s obligations (Act s 21)

For paragraph 21 (2) (a) of the Act:

1. (a)

   if the Council proposes to include a place in, or remove a place from, the Register, it must:

   1. (i)

      inform the appropriate authority of the State or Territory government and the local government (if any) of all or part of the place about the proposal; and

   2. (ii)

      give the authority a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposal; and

2. (b)

   if the Council includes a place in, or removes a place from, the Register, it must inform the appropriate authority of the State or Territory government and the local government (if any) of all or part of the place about the decision.

5Register of the National Estate (Act s 21)

1. (1)

   For paragraph 21 (2) (b) of the Act, the Register must contain:

   1. (a)

      a description of each place that is entered in the Register; and

   2. (b)

      the date on which the entry is made in the Register.

2. (2)

   For paragraph 21 (2) (c) of the Act, the Register may be kept by means of a computer.

3. (3)

   For paragraph 21 (2) (d) of the Act, the Council must publish the Register on the Internet in a way that ensures that, if a place is of a kind that may suffer damage if its location is disclosed, the location of the place is not disclosed.

Note

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette