Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales)

E281017

Act of Parliament New South Wales statute heritage legislation

The Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales) is a key piece of state legislation that provides the legal framework for identifying, protecting, and managing heritage items and places in New South Wales.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Heritage Act 1977	1
Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales) canonical	1
NSW Heritage Act 1977	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2610746 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales)
Context triple: [State Heritage Register listing (New South Wales), hasLegalBasis, Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales)]

A. Constitution Act 1855 (New South Wales)
The Constitution Act 1855 (New South Wales) was the foundational statute that first established responsible self-government and a bicameral parliament in the Colony of New South Wales.
B. State Heritage Register listing (New South Wales)
The State Heritage Register listing (New South Wales) is an official designation that recognizes and protects places of significant cultural, historical, or architectural value within the Australian state of New South Wales.
C. Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)
The Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales) is the principal statute that establishes and regulates the structure, powers, and functioning of the state government and Parliament of New South Wales, Australia.
D. Victorian Heritage Register
The Victorian Heritage Register is an official list of places and objects in the Australian state of Victoria that are legally protected for their significant cultural, historical, architectural, or archaeological heritage.
E. Australian Heritage Council
The Australian Heritage Council is an expert advisory body that assesses and recommends places of outstanding heritage value in Australia for national recognition and protection.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales)
Target entity description: The Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales) is a key piece of state legislation that provides the legal framework for identifying, protecting, and managing heritage items and places in New South Wales.

A. Constitution Act 1855 (New South Wales)
The Constitution Act 1855 (New South Wales) was the foundational statute that first established responsible self-government and a bicameral parliament in the Colony of New South Wales.
B. State Heritage Register listing (New South Wales)
The State Heritage Register listing (New South Wales) is an official designation that recognizes and protects places of significant cultural, historical, or architectural value within the Australian state of New South Wales.
C. Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)
The Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales) is the principal statute that establishes and regulates the structure, powers, and functioning of the state government and Parliament of New South Wales, Australia.
D. Victorian Heritage Register
The Victorian Heritage Register is an official list of places and objects in the Australian state of Victoria that are legally protected for their significant cultural, historical, architectural, or archaeological heritage.
E. Australian Heritage Council
The Australian Heritage Council is an expert advisory body that assesses and recommends places of outstanding heritage value in Australia for national recognition and protection.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament ⓘ New South Wales statute ⓘ heritage legislation ⓘ
administeredBy	Department responsible for heritage in New South Wales ⓘ Heritage Council of New South Wales ⓘ linked to: New South Wales Heritage Council New South Wales Government ⓘ linked to: Government of New South Wales
appliesTo	buildings of heritage significance ⓘ places of heritage significance ⓘ private heritage items ⓘ public heritage items ⓘ relics and archaeological sites ⓘ
commencedInYear	1977 ⓘ
contains	provisions for enforcement and penalties ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
defines	State Heritage Register ⓘ linked to: State Heritage Register listing (New South Wales) environmental heritage in New South Wales ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
establishes	New South Wales State Heritage Register ⓘ linked to: State Heritage Register listing (New South Wales)
governs	conservation of items of state heritage significance ⓘ
hasAmendments	multiple subsequent amendment Acts ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalFrameworkFor	identification of heritage items in New South Wales ⓘ management of heritage items in New South Wales ⓘ protection of heritage items in New South Wales ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to conserve the environmental heritage of New South Wales ⓘ
providesFor	heritage agreements ⓘ heritage conservation orders ⓘ interim heritage orders ⓘ listing of heritage items on the State Heritage Register ⓘ
purpose	to identify heritage items and places in New South Wales ⓘ to manage heritage items and places in New South Wales ⓘ to protect heritage items and places in New South Wales ⓘ
region	state of New South Wales ⓘ linked to: New South Wales
relatedTo	Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (New South Wales) ⓘ
requires	approval for works affecting items on the State Heritage Register ⓘ
shortTitle	Heritage Act 1977 ⓘ linked to: Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales)
state	New South Wales ⓘ
status	in force ⓘ
subjectMatter	archaeological heritage ⓘ built heritage ⓘ cultural heritage ⓘ environmental heritage ⓘ heritage conservation ⓘ historic places ⓘ
typeOfLaw	environmental law ⓘ planning law ⓘ
yearEnacted	1977 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

State Heritage Register listing (New South Wales) → hasLegalBasis → Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales) ⓘ

Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales) → shortTitle → Heritage Act 1977 ⓘ

linked to: Heritage Act 1977 (New South Wales)

New South Wales State Heritage Register railway stations → governedBy → NSW Heritage Act 1977 ⓘ