Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. In the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999…

The Australian Heritage Council is established by section 4. The functions of the Council are: (a) to make assessments under Divisions 1A and 3A of Part 15 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; (b) to advise the Minister on conserving and protecting places…

This Act establishes and regulates the operation of the Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal. Functions of the Tribunal include: to hear and make recommendations about objections to the acquisition of land under the Lands Acquisition Act, to hear and determine claims for compensation, to hear and…

This Act consolidates and reforms the law about the registration of land and interests in land. It consists of 220 sections and is divided into 14 Parts and completed by two Schedules. Under Part 2, the Registrar-General is required to keep a land register and has the power to hold inquiries and…

This Act consisting of 66 sections divided into eight Parts and completed by one Schedule, provides for the registration of land boundary surveyors and for the regulation of the practice of land boundary surveying. The Act consists of 67 sections and is divided into the following parts:…

This Act grants power to the Minister to classify any site of historical, ethnological or artistic interest which is in the possession of any person or body corporate domiciled in Vanuatu. The Minister shall inform in writing the owner of any site which it is proposed to classify. The owner may…

Under the Act, “settlement” includes “an instrument or instruments which under this Act or the corresponding previous enactments is or are deemed to be or which together constitute a settlement, and a settlement which is deemed to have been made by any person or to be subsisting for the purposes…

This Act concerns the registration of qualified valuers. i.e. persons ready to make a valuation of land. Under the Act, the Valuers Registration Board of Queensland established under the Valuers Registration Act 1965 is continued in existence and its operation further regulated. The Act is…

This Act revokes the reservations and Crown grants related to certain lands in Victoria. Under section 9, consequences of the revocation include that the land is that land is deemed to be unalienated land of the Crown, freed and discharged from all trusts, limitations, reservations, restrictions…

For these Regulations, a number of common law holders constitute a group of common law holders if they belong to a tribe, clan or family, or a descent, language or other group, recognized as such in accordance with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander traditional laws and customs applying to…

The Council must keep a register of places in the Australian jurisdiction and their heritage values (‘Register of the National Estate’) in accordance with the Act and these Regulations and Regulations. If the Australian Heritage Council proposes to include a place in, or remove a place from, the…

This Act provides for the effective recognition, protection and conservation of the Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage. The Act consists of 10 Parts divided into 167 sections: Preliminary (1); Ownership, custodianship and possession of Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage (2);…