11Meaning of heritage assessment criteria

11 Meaning of heritage assessment criteria The heritage assessment criteria for a place or object are as follows: (a) whether it is important to the course, or pattern, of the Territory's cultural or natural history; (b) whether it possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the Territory's cultural or natural history; (c) whether it has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the Territory's cultural or natural history; (d) whether it is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places or environments; (e) whether it is important in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics; Heritage Act 2011 9 (f) whether it is important in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement during a particular period; (g) whether it has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons, including the significance of a place to Aboriginal people as part of their continuing and developing cultural traditions; (h) whether it has a special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in the Territory's history. Note for section 11 Under section 24, the heritage assessment criteria are applied to assess the heritage significance of a place or object to decide whether or not to declare the place or object a heritage place or object.