Objectives
3 Objectives
The objectives of this Act are, with due regard for the rights of property ownership —
to promote understanding and appreciation of Western Australia’s cultural heritage; and
to recognise the importance of places of cultural heritage significance and their stories in understanding the course of Western Australia’s history; and
to provide for the identification and documentation of Western Australia’s places of cultural heritage significance; and
to encourage and facilitate the conservation, continuing use, development and adaptive reuse of places of cultural heritage significance in ways that represent high standards of heritage conservation and are in harmony with cultural heritage values.
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