Geographic Place Names Act 1998

The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may make guidelines relating to procedures to be implemented in selecting, assigning or amending names of places.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the guidelines—

must set out the rules and process to be followed in selecting, assigning or amending a name of a place;

must set out the process to be followed before selecting or assigning an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander name of a place;

must specify criteria for the assessment of cultural heritage or other significance in relation to the naming of places;

must set out requirements for consultation before a name of a place is selected, assigned or amended; and

may specify any other matter or thing appropriate in relation to the naming of places.