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Part 5. Protection and management of the property
Regulatory designations
The Sydney Opera House and its site are protected by
being listed on statutory heritage registers at all levels of
government. These registers include specifi c provisions
for managing the heritage values of the property:
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The Sydney Opera House was included in the
National Heritage List on 12 July 2005 under
the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (Australian Heritage
Database Place ID 105738).
The Sydney Opera House was inscribed on the
State Heritage Register of New South Wales on
3 December 2003 under the Heritage Act 1977
(Heritage Item No. 1685).
A buffer zone is proposed to protect the setting
of the Sydney Opera House that will be managed
though the Sydney Regional Environmental Plan
(Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005 (‘Harbour
REP’). This is discussed in Part 5.D.
In line with best practice, extensive public consultation
was undertaken for each heritage listing. The
implementation of this regulatory framework is
discussed in Part 5.C.
Other listings
On 21 October 1980 the Sydney Opera House
was included in the Register of the National Estate
which was established under the Australian Heritage
Commission Act 1975 and now maintained under
the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003 (Australian
Heritage Database Place ID 2353).
The Sydney Opera House is included as a heritage
item on the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2005
(CSI no. 1064, 2 East Circular Quay) enacted under the
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
The Sydney Opera House is listed on several other
non-statutory heritage registers that indicate the
esteem in which it is held within and outside Australia:
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Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Register of
Signifi cant Australian 20th Century Architecture,
inscribed on 31 August 1990 (No. 4702929)
National Trust of Australia (New South Wales)
Register, listed on 21 November 1983 (No. 6088)
International Working Party for Documentation
and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and
Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement
(DOCOMOMO) Register, formally listed by the
Australian Working Party of DOCOMOMO on the
Register in 2000
DOCOMOMO International Advisory Report to
ICOMOS entitled The Modern Movement and
the World Heritage List 1997 includes the Sydney
Opera House on the list of modern buildings and
sites suggested for the World Heritage List.