43. Financing conservation work

Terms defined in s 2

• Commissioner

  Commissioner

  Defined · s 2

  “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Heritage appointed under section 4;

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• conservation

  conservation

  Defined · s 2

  “conservation” includes preservation, restoration, reconstruction, rehabilitation and adaptation or any combination;

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• Council

  Council

  Defined · s 2

  “Council” means the National Heritage Council established under section 8;

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• Fund

  Fund

  Defined · s 2

  “Fund” means the Heritage Fund established under section 20;

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• heritage site

  heritage site

  Defined · s 2

  “heritage site” means a site designated as a heritage site under section 24;

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• owner

  owner

  Defined · s 2

  “owner”, in relation to any land, means the registered owner or the holder by customary tenure of the land; National Heritage 15

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• preservation

  preservation

  Defined · s 2

  “preservation” means aiming to halt further deterioration, decay or a state of dilapidation and providing structural safety and well being but does not contemplate significant rebuilding and includes— (a) techniques of arresting or slowing the process of deterioration, decay or state of dilapidation of an item or structure; (b) improvement of structural conditions to make a structure safe, habitable, or otherwise useful; and (c) normal maintenance and minor repairs that do not change or adversely affect the fabric or historic appearance of a structure;

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