Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The object of this Act is to provide for the conservation of Queensland's cultural heritage for the benefit of the community and future generations.
(2) The object is to be primarily achieved by—
(a) establishing the Queensland Heritage Council; and
(b) keeping the Queensland heritage register; and
(c) keeping local heritage registers; and
(d) regulating, in conjunction with other legislation, development affecting the cultural heritage significance of Queensland heritage places; and
(e) providing for heritage agreements to encourage appropriate management of Queensland heritage places; and
(f) providing for appropriate enforcement powers to help protect Queensland's cultural heritage.
(3) In exercising powers conferred by this Act, the Minister, the chief executive, the council and other persons and entities concerned in its administration must seek to achieve—
(a) the retention of the cultural heritage significance of the places and artefacts to which it applies; and
(b) the greatest sustainable benefit to the community from those places and artefacts consistent with the conservation of their cultural heritage significance.