Register of the National Estate - archive The Register of the
National Estate was closed in 2007 and is no longer a statutory
list. All references to the Register of the National Estate were
removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) on 19 February 2012. The
expiration or repeal of parts of the EPBC Act and the Australian
Heritage Council Act 2003 relating to the Register of the
National Estate does not diminish protection of Commonwealth
heritage places. These parts have been superseded by stronger
ongoing heritage protection provisions under national
environment law. The Register of the National Estate (RNE) is
now an archive of information about more than 13,000 places
throughout Australia. The RNE was originally established under
the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 (repealed). Under
that Act, the former Australian Heritage Commission entered more
than 13,000 places in the register, including many places of
local or state significance. The Australian H