Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL ACT 2003 - SECT 5

    These are the functions of the Council:

  (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 included, or being considered for inclusion, in the National Heritage List or Commonwealth Heritage List;

  (c)   to nominate places for inclusion in the National Heritage List or Commonwealth Heritage List;

  (ca)   to advise the Minister, in accordance with section   390P of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999 , in relation to the inclusion of places in, and the removal of places from, the List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia;

  (d)   to advise the Minister on:

  (i)   promotional, research, training or educational activities relating to heritage; and

  (ii)   national policies relating to heritage; and

  (iii)   grants or other financial assistance relating to heritage; and

  (iv)   the monitoring of the condition of places included in the National Heritage List or Commonwealth Heritage List; and

  (v)   the Commonwealth's responsibilities for underwater cultural heritage ; and

  (vi)   other matters relating to heritage;

  (e)   to promote the identification, assessment, conservation and monitoring of heritage;

  (g)   to organise and engage in research and investigations necessary for the performance of its functions;

  (h)   to provide advice directly to any person or body or agency either of its own initiative or at the request of the Minister;

  (i)   to prepare reports in accordance with Part   5A;

  (j)   to perform any other functions conferred on the Council by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 .