Australia

National Cultural Heritage Laws

Source: UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws UNESCO/CLT/Natlaws

Document	Years	Themes	Categories	Language
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations, 1987	1987	Authorization, Permits, License Exportation Inventory, Registry	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property Underwater Cultural Heritage	English
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act, 1986	1986	Authorization, Permits, License Compensation Exportation Importation Inventory, Registry Protected Area or Good Restitution Return Sanctions Statutes of limitation Statutory Bodies Creation Transfer of ownership	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property Underwater Cultural Heritage	English
Historic Shipwrecks Regulations, 1978	1978	Exploration license Maintenance	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property Underwater Cultural Heritage	English
Historic Shipwrecks Act, 1976	1976	Authorization, Permits, License Compensation Exploration license Inventory, Registry Maintenance Protected Area or Good Sanctions Transfer of ownership	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property Underwater Cultural Heritage	English
Australian Cultural Heritage Export Permit n° 1071P	1986	Exportation	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act	1984	Protected Area or Good	Natural Heritage	English
National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act	1975	Protected Area or Good	Natural Heritage	English
Australian Heritage Commission Act	1975	Inventory, Registry Statutory Bodies Creation	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
World Heritage Properties Conservation Act N.5	1983	Protected Area or Good	Natural Heritage	English
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act N.11	1986	Authorization, Permits, License Exportation Importation Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Archeological and Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act	1973	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Act N.33 of 1965 to provide for the preservation of aboriginal and historic relics	1965	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Act N.78 (1969) to establish additional national parks	1969	Protected Area or Good	Natural Heritage	English
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage regulations (amendment)	1991		Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Arts, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation amendment Act N.88 of 1990	1990	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property Natural Heritage	English
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage regulations (amendment N. 194)	1988	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations (Amendment N.350)	1990	Authorization, Permits, License	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Ordinance N.11 to amend the Native and Historical Objects Preservation Ordinance of 1955	1961	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Ordinance N.15 to provide for the Preservation of certain objects of Ethnological, Anthropological, Archaeological and historical interest and value	1955	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Regulation	2014	Exploration license Exportation	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations (including the amendments of 2003)	1987	Protected Area or Good Sanctions	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Act	2013	Illicit traffic Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act (with incorporated amendments 2014)	1986	Illicit traffic Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
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