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HERITAGE ACT 2017 (NO. 7 OF 2017) - SECT 108

Determination of reviews by the Heritage Council

    (1)     Subject to sections 107 and 109, the Heritage Council must determine a review within 60 days after the request is made.

    (2)     The Heritage Council may ask the applicant for any additional information that the Heritage Council considers necessary to assist the determination of the review.

    (3)     The time within which the Heritage Council must decide a review—

        (a)     stops to run at the time when a request for the additional information is made; and

        (b)     starts to run only when the information is provided to the Heritage Council.

    (4)     The Heritage Council must conduct a hearing into a review—

        (a)     if the hearing is requested by the applicant or the relevant responsible authority; or

        (b)     in any other case, unless the applicant agrees to the determination of the review without a hearing.

    (5)     The responsible authority for the area in which the registered place or registered object is situated and, if the responsible authority is not a municipal council, the relevant municipal council, may appear, be heard or be represented at any hearing into the review of an Executive Director's determination relating to a permit.

    (6)     The National Trust may be a party to a hearing into the review of a determination in relation to a permit if the National Trust has previously lodged a written submission with the Executive Director in relation to the permit application.

    (7)     The Heritage Council may make a determination on the review to—

        (a)     affirm the determination under review; or

        (b)     vary the determination under review; or

        (c)     set aside the determination under review and make another determination in substitution for it.

    (8)     In determining a review, the Heritage Council must consider the matters set out in section 101(2).

    (9)     The Executive Director, within 7 days after a determination is made under subsection (7), must—

        (a)     if the Heritage Council has determined to approve the permit application, issue the permit to the applicant; and

        (b)     give written notice of the determination to—

              (i)     the applicant for the review and, if the applicant is not the owner or government asset manager, the owner or government asset manager of the place and object; and

              (ii)     the responsible authority for the area in which the registered place or registered object is situated and, if the responsible authority is not a municipal council, the relevant municipal council; and

              (iii)     any other person who was a party to any hearing.



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