TERRITORY
NORTHERN OF AUSTRALIA
HERITAGE CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (MINOR WORK) REGULATIONS 2007
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Subordinate Legislation No. 21 of 2007
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Regulations amended
3. New regulation 10
10. When no consent required under section 39K for minor
work
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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Subordinate Legislation No. 21 of 2007*
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Heritage Conservation Amendment (Minor Work) Regulations 2007
I, EDWARD JOSEPH EGAN, the Administrator of the Northern Territory of
Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the
following regulations under the Heritage Conservation Act.
Dated 25 July 2007.
E. J. EGAN
Administrator
By His Honour's Command
P. R. HENDERSON
Minister for Employment, Education and Training
acting for the
Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage
Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Heritage Conservation Amendment
(Minor Work) Regulations 2007.
Regulations amended
These Regulations amend the Heritage Conservation Regulations.
New regulation 10
After regulation 9
insert
10. When no consent required under section 39K for minor work
(1) Minor work on a heritage place or heritage object to which this
regulation applies ("the place or object") falls within the exception to
section 33 of the Act (and may therefore be carried out without consent
under section 39K of the Act) if:
(a) the work is carried out by, or on the instructions of, the owner
of the place or object; and
(b) the work is carried out only for the maintenance, conservation
or protection of the place or object; and
(c) the work does not adversely affect the heritage value of the
place or object.
(2) This regulation applies to a heritage place or heritage object
(other than a prescribed archaeological place or prescribed archaeological
object) for which there is no conservation management plan.
(3) Minor work is any of the following:
(a) routine maintenance or cleaning that does not involve:
(i) damage to or the removal of existing fabric; or
(ii) the introduction of new material;
(b) the repair or replacement of services or equipment such as
telecommunication water cables, pipes, electrical wiring and
fire extinguishers:
(i) by a person who is licensed to carry out the work; and
(ii) by the use of existing service routes, cavities or voids,
or the replacement of existing surface mounted equipment,
in a way that does not involve damage to or the removal of
significant fabric;
(c) the repair or replacement of deteriorated, damaged or missing
fabric;
(i) by a person who is licensed to carry out the work and has
experience in the conservation of heritage buildings; and
(ii) in a way that ensures the repaired or replaced fabric
matches the existing fabric and does not involve damage to
or the removal of large amounts of fabric;
(d) the removal of fabric that is not significant;
(e) painting, using paint that:
(i) is of the same colour and type as used for the existing
scheme; and
(ii) is appropriate to the substrate and does not endanger the
survival of earlier paint layers;
(f) general landscape maintenance that does not damage or
substantially alter the layout, contours, plant species or a
significant landscape feature of the place or object;
(g) tree surgery by a qualified horticulturalist or tree surgeon;
(h) the erection of a temporary structure if:
(i) the erection or structure does not damage or endanger
significant fabric or a significant landscape feature; and
(ii) the structure doe...