Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND (LAKE CONDAH AND FRAMLINGHAM FOREST) ACT 1987 No. 34 of 1987 - SECT 34

34. (1) If a person applies for a mining tenement in relation to relevant land
after the day of vesting, the Minister shall consult with the Corporation to
ascertain whether the land to which the application relates includes the whole
or part of any sacred or significant site registered under section 16 or 24.

(2) If the Minister is satisfied that the land does include the whole or part
of a registered sacred or significant site:

   (a)  the Minister shall give the applicant any information about the site
        and its location that the Minister considers appropriate; and

   (b)  the Corporation shall be deemed to have advised the Minister under
        Part IIA of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Heritage
        Protection Act 1984 that it considers that a declaration under section
        21E of that Act should be made.

(3) Unless the Minister otherwise determines in a particular case, this
section does not apply in relation to the renewal or extension of a mining
tenement.