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Definitions and Terminology
| Term | Definition |
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| Commonwealth Heritage List (CHL) | The CHL is a list of heritage places which are within a Commonwealth area (land owned or leased by the Commonwealth) which have been identified as having one or more Commonwealth Heritage values. To have Commonwealth Heritage values a place must have been assessed as being significant against one or more of the nine Commonwealth Heritage criteria. Places in the list can have natural, Indigenous and/or historic heritage values, or a combination of these, and range from places of local through to world heritage levels of importance. |
| Commonwealth Heritage criteria | Under s 341D of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act), these are the criteria prescribed in the EPBC Regulations at reg 10.03A to establish if a place within a Commonwealth area has significant heritage value for its natural, Indigenous or historic heritage values. |
| Commonwealth Heritage values | Commonwealth Heritage values are the legally listed values for which a place is included in the CHL. These can comprise one or more natural and cultural (historic or Indigenous) aspects such as significance for reasons of historical, research, aesthetic or social importance, or due to a place’s significant rarity, creative or technical achievement, characteristic features of a class of place, association with important people or importance as part of Indigenous tradition. |