In 1987, Section 170 was added to the NSW Heritage Act (1977) requiring government agencies to prepare a register of the heritage assets it owns or controls. Understanding the significance of its heritage assets helps an agency to manage them properly.

​

An s170 Register includes the history of the agency as well as the physical area it controls. It then lists all the properties that the agency owns or controls in a database format, assesses the significance of those properties, and gives management guidelines in a format suitable for compliance under the Heritage Act.

​

​

Notable s170 Heritage & Conservation Register Projects 

​

• Gosford Local Government Area

• Energy Australia Central Coast and Hunter Valley Region 

• Newcastle Port Corporation 

• RTA Hunter Region, Stage 1

​