Heritage Act 2018

The Council or another public authority may make an agreement on behalf of the State with an owner of land of the kind mentioned in section 91 under which the owner, in so far as the owner’s interest in the land permits, makes commitments, undertakes obligations, or agrees to provisions, of the kind mentioned in section 92.

If another public authority makes an agreement under subsection (1), it must provide each executed copy of the agreement to the Council.

The Council must consider whether an agreement made by another public authority under subsection (1) is appropriate for certification by the Minister.

The Council —

must provide each executed copy of an agreement made by the Council to the Minister and recommend that the Minister certifies the agreement under this section; and

may, if it considers that an agreement made by another public authority is appropriate for certification by the Minister, provide each executed copy of the agreement to the Minister and recommend that the Minister certifies the agreement under this section,

If the Minister is satisfied that the agreement is desirable for the purposes of, and complies with, this Act, the Minister must certify that fact on each executed copy of the agreement.

The heritage agreement comes into operation on —

the day on which the Minister certifies the agreement under subsection (5); or

if the agreement is certified under subsection (5) but a later day, or the day on which a later event happens, is specified in the agreement as the day on which the agreement comes into operation, that day.