National Trust Act 2006

The objects of the Trust are as follows:acquiring, promoting or ensuring the preservation and maintenance for the public benefit of places and objects of beauty or that have a historical, scientific, artistic, architectural or cultural interest; encouraging and promoting, among the public, knowledge of, interest in and respect for those places and objects; promoting or ensuring the provision and maintenance of amenities and services to facilitate the enjoyment by the public of those places or objects; protecting and preserving the natural features of, and conserving the fauna and flora on, any place referred to in paragraph (a) and acquired by, or under the control of, the Trust; encouraging and promoting public appreciation, knowledge and enjoyment of, respect for and interest in any land, buildings, works, structures or articles; cooperating with the Crown or with any corporation, body or society, either within or outside Tasmania, having objects wholly or substantially similar to the objects of the Trust, in promoting the objects of the corporation, body or society or the Trust.

A reference in subsection (1) to a place includes a reference to lands and to buildings, structures and other works.