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Cultural Heritage Act (chapter P-9.002).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Québec
Document type
Legislation
Date
2011 (2020)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Cultural heritage Basic legislation Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge Indigenous peoples Management/conservation Protected area Institution Special fund Registration
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The object of this Act is to promote, in the public interest and from a sustainable development perspective, the knowledge, protection, enhancement and transmission of cultural heritage, which is a reflection of a society’s identity. It is also intended to promote the designation of deceased persons of historical importance and historic events and sites. Cultural heritage consists of deceased persons of historical importance, historic events and sites, heritage documents, immovables, objects and sites, heritage cultural landscapes, and intangible heritage. CHAPTER II regulates cultural heritage register and inventories; chapter III concerns designation and protection of cultural heritage by the minister and the government. Under this Chapter the Minister is responsible for the designation of “intangible heritage” defined as the skills, knowledge, expressions, practices and representations handed down from generation to generation and constantly recreated, in conjunction with any cultural objects or spaces associated with them, that a community or group recognizes as part of its cultural heritage, the knowledge, protection, transmission or enhancement of which is in the public interest. To what concern “heritage cultural landscape” the designation is made by the Government under recommendation of the Minister; it can also be requested by all the local municipalities, regional county municipalities and metropolitan communities whose territory includes all or part of the land area concerned. Furthermore the Government may, on the recommendation of the Minister who must obtain the opinion of the council, declare as a “heritage site” any land area the knowledge, protection, transmission or enhancement of which is in the public interest. Furthermore the Chapter disciplines orders and Minister’s general and administrative powers.

Full text
English
Website
legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca