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Queensland Heritage Act 1992
sec.35Criteria for entry in register
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### sec.35 Criteria for entry in register
A place may be entered in the Queensland heritage register as a State heritage place if it satisfies 1 or more of the following criteria—
the place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland’s history;
the place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland’s cultural heritage;
the place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland’s history;
a place that has potential to contain an archaeological artefact that is an important source of information about Queensland’s history
the place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places;
the place is important because of its aesthetic significance;
the place is important in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period;
the place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons;
the place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland’s history.
A place is not to be excluded from the Queensland heritage register on the ground that places with similar characteristics have already been entered in the register.
s 35 amd 1995 No. 40 s 21 ; 2003 No. 32 s 8 ; 2007 No. 50 s 16 ; 2014 No. 61 s 15
(sec.35-ssec.1) A place may be entered in the Queensland heritage register as a State heritage place if it satisfies 1 or more of the following criteria— the place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland’s history; the place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland’s cultural heritage; the place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland’s history; a place that has potential to contain an archaeological artefact that is an important source of information about Queensland’s history the place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places; the place is important because of its aesthetic significance; the place is important in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period; the place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons; the place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland’s history.
(sec.35-ssec.2) A place is not to be excluded from the Queensland heritage register on the ground that places with similar characteristics have already been entered in the register.
- (a) the place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland’s history;
- (b) the place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland’s cultural heritage;
- (c) the place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland’s history; Example of a place for paragraph (c) — a place that has potential to contain an archaeological artefact that is an important source of information about Queensland’s history
- (d) the place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places;
- (e) the place is important because of its aesthetic significance;
- (f) the place is important in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period;
- (g) the place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons;
- (h) the place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland’s history.