Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00408:reg:2013:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00408
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2013 (pt 7/18)
Character Range: 1411771–1416162

the setting or relationships are not appropriate.

Article 9.  Location
9.1 The physical location of a place is part of its cultural significance.  A building, work or other element of a place should remain in its historical location.  Relocation is generally unacceptable unless this is the sole practical means of ensuring its survival.
9.2 Some buildings, works or other elements of places were designed to be readily removable or already have a history of relocation.  Provided such buildings, works or other elements do not have significant links with their present location, removal may be appropriate.
9.3 If any building, work or other element is moved, it should be moved to an appropriate location and given an appropriate use.  Such action should not be to the detriment of any place of cultural significance.

Article 10.  Contents
Contents, fixtures and objects which contribute to the cultural significance of a place should be retained at that place.  Their removal is unacceptable unless it is: the sole means of ensuring their security and preservation; on a temporary basis for treatment or exhibition; for cultural reasons; for health and safety; or to protect the place.  Such contents, fixtures and objects should be returned where circumstances permit and it is culturally appropriate.                         For example, the repatriation (returning) of an object or element to a place may be important to Indigenous cultures, and may be essential to the retention of its cultural significance.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Article 28 covers the circumstances where significant fabric might be disturbed, for example, during archaeological excavation.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Article 33 deals with significant fabric that has been removed from a place.

Article 11.  Related places and objects
The contribution which related places and related objects make to the cultural significance of the place should be retained.

Article 12.  Participation
Conservation, interpretation and management of a place should provide for the participation of people for whom the place has significant associations and meanings, or who have social, spiritual or other cultural responsibilities for the place.

Article 13.  Co-existence of cultural values
Co-existence of cultural values should always be recognised, respected and encouraged.  This is especially important in cases where they conflict.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      For some places, conflicting cultural values may affect policy development and management decisions.  In Article 13, the term cultural values refers to those beliefs which are important to a cultural group, including but not limited to political, religious, spiritual and moral beliefs.  This is broader than values associated with cultural significance.

Conservation Processes

Article 14.  Conservation processes
Conservation may, according to circumstance, include the processes of: retention or reintroduction of a use; retention of associations and meanings; maintenance, preservation, restoration, reconstruction, adaptation and interpretation; and will commonly include a combination of more than one of these.