Queensland Heritage Act 1992

The object of this Act is to provide for the conservation of Queensland’s cultural heritage for the benefit of the community and future generations.

The object is to be primarily achieved by—

establishing the Queensland Heritage Council; and

keeping a register of places and areas of State cultural heritage significance called the Queensland heritage register; and

requiring the reporting of the discovery of archaeological artefacts and underwater cultural heritage artefacts; and

providing for the identification and management of places of local cultural heritage significance by local governments; and

regulating, in conjunction with other legislation, development affecting the cultural heritage significance of Queensland heritage places; and

providing for heritage agreements to encourage appropriate management of Queensland heritage places; and

providing for appropriate enforcement powers to help protect Queensland’s cultural heritage.

In exercising powers conferred by this Act, the Minister, the chief executive, the council and other persons and entities concerned in its administration must seek to achieve—

the retention of the cultural heritage significance of the places and artefacts to which it applies; and

the greatest sustainable benefit to the community from those places and artefacts consistent with the conservation of their cultural heritage significance.