Australian Capital Territory
Heritage (Heritage Council) Delegation 2011 (No 1)
Notifiable Instrument NI2011—270
made under the  
Heritage Act 2004, s121 (Delegation)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Heritage (Heritage Council ) Delegation 2011 (No 1).*
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on the day it is signed.
3	Delegation of functions under the Heritage Act 2004
The Heritage Council delegates the following functions under the Heritage Act 2004 (the Act) to the person who occupies the position of the Director-General of the Directorate with administrative responsibility for the Act –
(a) section 20 (establishment of heritage register);
(b) section 21(1) (public access to the heritage register);
(c) section 24 (correction of heritage register);
(d) section 25(1) (guidelines about conserving heritage significance);
(e) section 26 (public consultation about heritage guidelines);
(f) section 30 (dismissal of nomination);
(g) section 31 (consultation with representative Aboriginal organisation (RAO’s) about provisional registration);
(h) section 33 (provisional registration of place or object);
(i) section 34(1)(3) (notice of decision about provisional registration);
(j) section 36 (extension of provisional registration);
(k) section 38 (report to Minister about public consultation);
(l) section 43 (cancellation proposal);
(m) section 53 (assessing heritage significance of reported aboriginal places and objects);
(n) section 54 (declaration of restricted information);
(o) section 56 (approval to publish restricted information);
(p) section 57(2) (limited access to restricted information); 
(q) section 60(2)(3) (advice about effect of development on heritage significance);
(r) section 68(1)(a) (application for heritage order);
(s) section 95(2) (information discovery orders);
(t) section 104(2) (enforcement order);
(u) section 105 (financial and other assistance); and 
(v) section 110 (conservation management plan)

Note 1	The Legislation Act 2001 defines ‘occupy’, in relation to a position, to include 
	hold the position, act in the position, or exercise the functions of the position.

Note 2	The director-General may subdelegate a function delegated to the Director-General – see Public Sector Management Act 1994, s36. 

Michael Pearson
Chair of Heritage Council
ACT Heritage Council
30 May 2011