Heritage Act 2011
56Request for assessment
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56 Request for assessment (1) The Minister may ask the Council to assess whether the declaration for a heritage place or object should be revoked (a revocation request). (2) In addition, the owner of a particular heritage place or object may ask the Council to assess whether the declaration for the heritage place or object should be revoked (also a revocation request). (3) However, the owner of the heritage place or object may make a revocation request only if: (a) a revocation request for the place or object has not been made during the preceding 12 months; and
Heritage Act 2011 24 (b) any of the following applies: (i) the place or object no longer exists or is no longer of heritage significance; (ii) information is available about the heritage value of the place or object that has not previously been considered by the Council; (iii) other relevant information is available that does not appear to have been taken into account by the Minister when deciding previously whether or not to make or revoke the declaration. (4) A revocation request by the owner of a heritage place or object must: (b) be accompanied by the information necessary to enable the assessment to be made.