Cape York Peninsula Heritage Act 2007
sec.11Criteria for declaration
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sec.11 Criteria for declaration
A regulation may declare a part of the Cape York Peninsula Region to be an area of international conservation significance only if the environment Minister— has complied with section 10 (1) ; and is satisfied that, based on an assessment of the part’s natural and cultural values, the part meets 1 or more of the criteria for inclusion on the World Heritage List established and kept under the World Heritage Convention. The criteria may be viewed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s website at <whc.unesco.org/en/criteria>. In this section— World Heritage Convention see the Nature Conservation Act 1992 , schedule. (sec.11-ssec.1) A regulation may declare a part of the Cape York Peninsula Region to be an area of international conservation significance only if the environment Minister— has complied with section 10 (1) ; and is satisfied that, based on an assessment of the part’s natural and cultural values, the part meets 1 or more of the criteria for inclusion on the World Heritage List established and kept under the World Heritage Convention. The criteria may be viewed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s website at <whc.unesco.org/en/criteria>. (sec.11-ssec.2) In this section— World Heritage Convention see the Nature Conservation Act 1992 , schedule.
- (a) has complied with section 10 (1) ; and
- (b) is satisfied that, based on an assessment of the part’s natural and cultural values, the part meets 1 or more of the criteria for inclusion on the World Heritage List established and kept under the World Heritage Convention. Editor’s note— The criteria may be viewed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s website at <whc.unesco.org/en/criteria>.