Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01869:reg:1996:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01869
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1996 (pt 6/7)
Character Range: 888652–891736

the policies, outlining the primary management intentions for each Zone.
significance                                Refers to cultural significance: the aesthetic, historic, scientific, social or spiritual value for past, present or future generations. Cultural significance is embodied in the place itself, and its fabric, setting, use, associations, meanings, records, related places and related objects.114
statement of values                         Under the EPBC Act, a 'statement of values' is used to describe the Commonwealth or National Heritage values of a place.115
summary statement of heritage significance  A statement for Old Parliament House and Curtilage that captures all the heritage values, including the Commonwealth and National Heritage List values.
Values                                      In the context of the Burra Charter, values are derived from what is significant about a place and relate to the aesthetic, historic, scientific, social or spiritual value for past, present or future generations.
                                            In the context of the EPBC Act, values are ascribed against the Commonwealth and National Heritage criteria.116

   112   Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 2013, Actions on, or impacting upon, Commonwealth land, and actions by Commonwealth agencies: Significant impact guidelines 1.2: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, p. 22.
   113   Department of Environment and Heritage, October 2005, Management Plans for Places on the Commonwealth Heritage List: A Guide for Commonwealth Agencies, p. 19.
   114   Burra Charter, Article 1.2.
   115   Department of Environment and Heritage, October 2005, Management Plans for Places on the Commonwealth Heritage List: A Guide for Commonwealth Agencies, p. 18.
 116 Ibid., p. 19.
TERM                   DEFINITION
Significant impact     An impact which is important, notable or of consequence, having regard to its context or intensity.117
Sensitivity to change   The degree to which the heritage values can sustain changes to uses without adverse impact. Areas with a high sensitivity to change are those where even a small degree of change has the potential to affect the heritage values. Areas with a low sensitivity to change are those where the values are not so strongly embodied in the extant fabric.
Zones                  Areas of the place which contain attributes of one or more heritage values that are to be managed in accordance with the Zone Statement of Intent and Objectives.

   117 Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 2013, Actions on, or impacting upon, Commonwealth land, and actions by Commonwealth agencies: Significant Impact Guidelines 1.2: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, p. 3.

    Note: The name of this instrument was amended on registration as the instrument as lodged did not have a unique name (see subsection 10(2), Legislation Rule 2016).