Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 324D

  (1)   A place has a National Heritage value if and only if the place meets one of the criteria (the National Heritage criteria ) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section. The National Heritage value of the place is the place's heritage value that causes the place to meet the criterion.

  (2)   The National Heritage values of a National Heritage place are the National Heritage values of the place included in the National Heritage List for the place.

  (3)   The regulations must prescribe criteria for the following:

  (a)   natural heritage values of places;

  (b)   indigenous heritage values of places;

  (c)   historic heritage values of places.

The regulations may prescribe criteria for other heritage values of places.

  (4)   To avoid doubt, a criterion prescribed by the regulations may relate to one or more of the following:

  (a)   natural heritage values of places;

  (b)   indigenous heritage values of places;

  (c)   historic heritage values of places;

  (d)   other heritage values of places.