sec.2Object of this Act

### sec.2 Object of this Act The object of this Act is to provide for the conservation of Queensland’s cultural heritage for the benefit of the community and future generations. The object is to be primarily achieved by— establishing the Queensland Heritage Council; and keeping a register of places and areas of State cultural heritage significance called the Queensland heritage register; and requiring the reporting of the discovery of archaeological artefacts and underwater cultural heritage artefacts; and providing for the identification and management of places of local cultural heritage significance by local governments; and regulating, in conjunction with other legislation, development affecting the cultural heritage significance of Queensland heritage places; and providing for heritage agreements to encourage appropriate management of Queensland heritage places; and providing for appropriate enforcement powers to help protect Queensland’s cultural heritage. In exercising powers conferred by this Act, the Minister, the chief executive, the council and other persons and entities concerned in its administration must seek to achieve— the retention of the cultural heritage significance of the places and artefacts to which it applies; and the greatest sustainable benefit to the community from those places and artefacts consistent with the conservation of their cultural heritage significance. s 2 amd 2003 No. 32 s 4 ; 2007 No. 50 s 4 ; 2011 No. 6 s 142 sch ; 2014 No. 61 s 4 (sec.2-ssec.1) The object of this Act is to provide for the conservation of Queensland’s cultural heritage for the benefit of the community and future generations. (sec.2-ssec.2) The object is to be primarily achieved by— establishing the Queensland Heritage Council; and keeping a register of places and areas of State cultural heritage significance called the Queensland heritage register; and requiring the reporting of the discovery of archaeological artefacts and underwater cultural heritage artefacts; and providing for the identification and management of places of local cultural heritage significance by local governments; and regulating, in conjunction with other legislation, development affecting the cultural heritage significance of Queensland heritage places; and providing for heritage agreements to encourage appropriate management of Queensland heritage places; and providing for appropriate enforcement powers to help protect Queensland’s cultural heritage. (sec.2-ssec.3) In exercising powers conferred by this Act, the Minister, the chief executive, the council and other persons and entities concerned in its administration must seek to achieve— the retention of the cultural heritage significance of the places and artefacts to which it applies; and the greatest sustainable benefit to the community from those places and artefacts consistent with the conservation of their cultural heritage significance. - (a) establishing the Queensland Heritage Council; and - (b) keeping a register of places and areas of State cultural heritage significance called the Queensland heritage register; and - (c) requiring the reporting of the discovery of archaeological artefacts and underwater cultural heritage artefacts; and - (d) providing for the identification and management of places of local cultural heritage significance by local governments; and - (e) regulating, in conjunction with other legislation, development affecting the cultural heritage significance of Queensland heritage places; and - (f) providing for heritage agreements to encourage appropriate management of Queensland heritage places; and - (g) providing for appropriate enforcement powers to help protect Queensland’s cultural heritage. - (a) the retention of the cultural heritage significance of the places and artefacts to which it applies; and - (b) the greatest sustainable benefit to the community from those places and artefacts consistent with the conservation of their cultural heritage significance.