Agency:
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Oct 1987
Description:
The Act provided for a Board of 6 members of whom two were ex-officio appointments, the Director of Lands, Parks and Wildlife and the Director of Tourism, and a third must live in the municipality and have "special knowledge" of the site. The land and functions were transferred to the Board from the National Parks and Wildlife Service. The Board's financial arrangements were amended in 1989 (Act No. 5 of 1989). The Board was required to balance history and archaeology with tourism yet at the same time to become a viable commercial enterprise as soon as practicable. The tension between these objectives ultimately led to the resignation of the Board in 1998 and the appointment of a new Board more focused on the heritage needs of the site.;;PAHSMA is a Government Business Enterprise
Information Sources:
Port Arthur Historic Site Manangement Authority Website 2006
Legislation Administered:
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authoriy Act 1987.;;Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995;;National Parks and Reserve Management Act 2002
Legislation Creating:
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authoriy Act 1987.
Controlled Agencies:
| Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (TA2222) | 01 Dec 2021 |
Controlling Agencies:
| Department of Lands, Parks and Wildlife (TA901) | 01 May 1987 | 17 Jul 1989 |
| Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage (TA913) | 17 Jul 1989 | 02 Feb 1993 |
| Department of Environment and Land Management (TA1018) | 02 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
| Department of Tourism (2). (TA1547) | 27 Mar 1996 | 31 Jan 1997 |
| Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (TA1542) | 18 Sep 1998 | 05 Apr 2006 |
| Department of Tourism, Arts & the Environment (TA1708) | 05 Apr 2006 | 11 Feb 2008 |
| Department of the Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (TA1752) | 12 Feb 2008 | 30 Jun 2009 |
| Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (TA1807) | 01 Jul 2009 | 01 Dec 2021 |
Previous Agencies:
| Department of Lands, Parks and Wildlife (TA901) | 01 May 1987 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Related Agencies:
| Port Arthur Victims Appeal Committee. (TA1472) | 06 May 1996 | 24 Jan 1997 |
| Port Arthur Attorney-General's Discretionary Fund (TA1514) | 01 Apr 1997 | 30 Jun 1998 |
Series Created By Agency:
| AG438 Administrative Files of the Port Arthur Conservation Project (Pacp) | 01 Jan 1881 | 28 Feb 2006 |