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historic places with cultural values.  Other relevant best practice guidelines include:
                  Australian Natural Heritage Charter, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170226002350/https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/56de3d0a-7301-47e2-8c7c-9e064627a1ae/files/australian-natural-heritage-charter.pdf

                  Engage Early – Indigenous engagement guidelines, https://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/publications/engage-early

                  Significance 2.0: a guide to assessing the significance of collections, https://www.arts.gov.au/sites/default/files/significance-2.0.pdf?acsf_files_redirect

6.6                Other Statutory Requirements
Any changes in the use of the building may result in a need to upgrade certain facilities to meet such obligations as may be imposed by other statutory legislation. Matters may be identified in this study that may require modification includes, but is not limited to, the following:

                  National Construction Code of Australia (NCCA), including the Building Code of Australia.
                  Fire safety requirements.
                  Ingress and egress from the building.
                  Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
                  Occupational Health and Safety

Certain aspects of the building may be eligible for exemptions from the NCCA where upgrading may result in the loss of heritage significance. These issues may be addressed directly with the relevant consent authority to negotiate a satisfactory resolution where necessary to ensure the significance of the place is retained unless there is no other feasible and prudent alternative.

6.7                Key Conservation Issues

6.7.1            Condition of Commonwealth Heritage values
The Reserve Bank of Australia Head Office building demonstrates Commonwealth Heritage values and is recognised having landmark qualities as a component of Martin Place.  The significance of the Head Office building is, in part embodied in its intact fabric, and its role in the development of the Australian monetary policy in the late twentieth century.  Listings for the Reserve Bank of Australia Head Office make specific reference to its form, façade treatment, and integration of public art within the building and its setting.

The significance of the RBA Head Office should inform the preparation of any proposal for changes to the site, such that decisions regarding the nature and extent of change ensure the established significance is maintained.  Decisions about works to the place, whether it is maintenance, repairs or more extensive adaptation works, must take into consideration the impact of those works on its Commonwealth heritage values, both as a whole and on individual components.  New works to the place should not diminish any aspect of its cultural significance.

Constraints arising from this assessment of the significance of the place will involve the maintenance of the building's visual character, as well as the conservation of the important aspects of the individual elements and surviving spaces, that contribute to that significance.

Opportunities arising from the assessment of significance include the potential for some adaptation to meet changing community standards and expectations, and regulations including disabled access, fire safety and Workplace Health and Safety requirements.  This would be through sympathetic adaptation of secondary spaces within the main building or