20CDefinitions

20C Definitions

20C Definitions

In this Division—

Aboriginal object means any deposit, object or material evidence (not being a handicraft made for sale) relating to the Aboriginal habitation of the area that comprises New South Wales, being habitation either or both before or concurrent with the occupation of that area by persons of non-Aboriginal extraction, and includes Aboriginal remains.

adaptation, in relation to a building or work, means the modifying of a building or work to suit a proposed compatible use.

alteration, in relation to a building or work, means—

(a) the making of structural changes to the inside or outside of the building or work, or

(b) the making of non-structural changes to the detail, fabric, finish or appearance of the outside of the building or work, other than changes resulting from the maintenance of the building or work.

archaeological site means the site of one or more relics.

compatible use, in relation to a building or work, means a use which involves sympathetic change to the culturally significant fabric of the building or work.

conservation, in relation to a building or work, means the preservation, restoration, reconstruction, adaptation or maintenance of the building or work in such a manner as to retain the cultural significance of the building or work.

conservation management plan means a document prepared in accordance with the requirements of the NSW Heritage Office that establishes the heritage significance of an item, place or heritage conservation area and identifies conservation policies and management mechanisms that are appropriate to enable that significance to be retained.

demolish a heritage item, or a building, work, relic, archaeological site, tree or place within a heritage conservation area, means wholly or partly destroy, dismantle or deface the heritage item or the building, work, relic, archaeological site, tree or place.

heritage conservation area means land described as a heritage conservation area in Part 2 of Schedule 7 and shown edged heavy black with stippled open sawtooth on the heritage map and includes buildings, works, relics, archaeological sites, trees and places situated on or within the land.

heritage conservation area of State significance means a heritage conservation area identified by an asterisk in Part 2 of Schedule 7.

heritage impact statement means a document consisting of—

(a) a statement demonstrating the heritage significance of a heritage item or heritage conservation area, or of a building, work, relic, archaeological site, tree or place within a heritage conservation area, and