HERITAGE REGULATIONS 2012
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
HERITAGE REGULATIONS 2012
As in force at 1 October 2012
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Exempt work .................................................................................... 1
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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As in force at 1 October 2012
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HERITAGE REGULATIONS 2012
Regulations under the Heritage Act 2011
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Heritage Regulations 2012.
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the commencement of the
Heritage Act 2011.
3 Exempt work
(1) For section 78(1) of the Act, minor work on a heritage place or
heritage object is declared to be exempt work if:
(a) the work is carried out by, or on the instructions of, the owner
of the place or object; and
(b) the work is carried out only for the conservation of the place or
object; and
(c) the work does not detrimentally affect the heritage significance
of the place or object.
(2) For subregulation (1), minor work is any of the following:
(a) routine maintenance or cleaning that does not involve:
(i) damage to or the removal of existing fabric; or
(ii) the introduction of new material;
(b) the repair or replacement of services or equipment such as
telecommunication cables, water pipes, electrical wiring and
fire extinguishers:
(i) by a person who is licensed to carry out the work; and
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(ii) by the use of existing service routes, cavities or voids, or
the replacement of existing surface mounted equipment,
in a way that does not involve damage to or the removal
of significant fabric;
(c) the repair or replacement of deteriorated, damaged or missing
fabric:
(i) by a person who is licensed to carry out the work and
has experience in the conservation of heritage buildings;
and
(ii) in a way that ensures the repaired or replaced fabric
matches the existing fabric and does not involve damage
to or the removal of large amounts of fabric;
(d) the removal of fabric that is not significant;
(e) painting, using paint that:
(i) is of the same colour and type as used for the existing
scheme; and
(ii) is appropriate to the substrate and does not endanger
the survival of earlier paint layers;
(f) general landscape maintenance that does not damage or
substantially alter the layout, contours, plant species or a
significant landscape feature of the heritage place or heritage
object;
(g) tree surgery by a qualified horticulturalist or tree surgeon;
(h) the erection of a temporary structure if:
(i) the erection or structure does not damage or endanger
significant fabric or a significant landscape feature; and
(ii) the structure does not obstruct significant views of or
from the heritage place or heritage object;
(i) the erection of a temporary fence or other structure as a safety
or general security measure;
(j) if a building is unstable or irreparably damaged – carrying out
emergency stabilising measures;
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(k) the erection of:
(i) signage located behind or on the glass surface of a
window on commercial premises; or
(ii) a temporary real estate sign relating to the sale or
leasing of premises;
(l) if carried out on a cemetery or burial site – in addition to any
other minor work:
(i) digging or making a new grave; or
(ii) the repair or maintenance of a monument or grave
marker.
(3) In this regulation:
significant, in relation to fabric or a landscape feature on a
heritage place or heritage object, means fabric or a feature that:
(a) has heritage significance in its own right; or
(b) is an essential element of the heritage significance of the
place or object.
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1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1 and 2.
3 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Heritage Regulations (SL No. 13, 2012)
Notified 28 March 2012
Commenced 1 October 2012 (r 2, s 2 Heritage Act 2011 (No. 34 of 2011)
and Gaz S43, 31 July 2012)
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