Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF MOVABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 1986 - SECT 8

             (1)   Subject to subsection (2), the regulations shall prescribe a list, to be known as the National Cultural Heritage Control List, of categories of objects that constitute the movable cultural heritage of Australia and are to be subject to export control.

             (2)   The Control List shall divide such objects into 2 classes, namely:

                     (a)   Class A objects, being objects that are not to be exported otherwise than in accordance with a certificate; and

                     (b)   Class B objects, being objects that are not to be exported otherwise than in accordance with a permit or certificate.

             (3)   Subsection (2) does not prevent the division of Class A objects and Class B objects into sub-classes and other divisions or categories.

             (4)   Nothing in this section shall be taken to limit the application of subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

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