Australian Capital Territory
Heritage (Decision about Provisional Registration of the Torrens Street Verge Trees, Braddon) Notice 2014
Notifiable Instrument NI2014–157
made under the 
Heritage Act 2004, s34 Notice of decision about provisional registration

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Heritage (Decision about Provisional Registration of the Torrens Street Verge Trees, Braddon) Notice 2014. 
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on the day after notification. 
3	Notice of Decision
Pursuant to Section 32 of the Heritage Act 2004 the ACT Heritage Council has decided not to provisionally register the Torrens Street Verge Trees, Braddon to the ACT Heritage Register.

Anna Gurnhill
A/g Secretary (as delegate for)
ACT Heritage Council
15 April 2014

STATEMENT OF REASONS

DECISION NOT TO PROVISIONALLY REGISTER 
TORRENS STREET VERGE TREES 
(Torrens Street, Braddon) 
IN THE ACT HERITAGE REGISTER

The Council has decided not to enter the Torrens Street Verge Trees, Braddon, on the ACT Heritage Register because:

Under Section 3A(1) of the Heritage Act 2004 the ACT Heritage Council ‘must not register an individual tree in a built up urban area’. 

The Tree Protection Act 2005 includes provision for the protection of trees of heritage significance in built-up urban areas. For trees of heritage significance, it provides for the Heritage Council to be told about approved activities, tree management plans and provisional registration under that Act. It also provides for the Heritage Council’s advice to be taken into account in deciding whether to register a tree of heritage significance under that Act.

The Council has recognised that there may be some heritage values in the plantings associations with early planning and development of Canberra and have referred this to the ACT Conservator of Flora and Fauna for consideration for inclusion to the ACT Tree Register.