Heritage Act 2004
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108 Heritage reports (1) A public sector body must give the council a written report (a heritage report) for a heritage reporting period if the body was responsible for a heritage place or object at any time during the period. (2) A heritage report must include— (a) details about each heritage place or object for which the body was responsible during the reporting period; and (b) if the body disposed of a heritage place or object during the reporting period—details about the disposal of the place or (c) any other information prescribed by regulation.
Heritage and public sector bodies Part 16 (3) However, a heritage report does not need to include details about a heritage place or object if— (a) details about the place or object were included in a previous heritage report to the council; and (b) since the previous heritage report— (i) the details about the place or object have not changed; and (ii) the place or object was not disposed of by the body. (4) A regulation may prescribe information that may, or must not, be included in a heritage report. (5) A heritage report must be given to the council by the heritage reporting day. heritage reporting day, for a heritage report, means the day that is 1 month after the end of the heritage reporting period to which the report relates. heritage reporting period means a period of 3 years beginning on 1 July 2014, and each successive 3-year period.