(a) information and records
regarding Aboriginal objects whose existence and location have been reported
to the Secretary, and
(b) copies of any reports that have been provided to
the Secretary regarding Aboriginal objects and other objects, places and
features of significance to Aboriginal people, and
(c) any other information
required by the regulations.
(a) to
maintain a record of Aboriginal objects whose existence and location have been
reported to the Secretary, and
(b) to maintain a copy of any report that has
been provided to the Secretary relating to the assessment of objects, places
and features that are or are likely to be of significance to
Aboriginal people, and
(c) to maintain a record of the details of any other
report (of which the Secretary is aware) relating to the assessment of
objects, places and features that are or are likely to be of significance to
Aboriginal people, and
(i) by
Aboriginal people and organisations and by academic researchers, and
(ii) by
or on behalf of persons exercising due diligence to determine whether an act
or omission would harm an Aboriginal object for the purposes of section 87
(2), and
(iii) by public and local authorities in the exercise of their land
management, planning and other similar functions,
but the AHIMS is not
intended to be conclusive about whether any information or records contained
within it is up-to-date, comprehensive or otherwise accurate.
(4) The AHIMS
is to be kept and maintained in such form as the Secretary thinks fit.
Different parts of the AHIMS may be kept in different forms.
(5) The
regulations may prescribe any or all of the following--
(a) the persons and
classes of persons who may be granted access to information and records
contained in the AHIMS,
(c) the form
in which access to the AHIMS is to be given (for example, whether by access to
full records or summaries or through supplied maps or other forms of
information),
(d) the type of information or records that are available to be
accessed from the AHIMS and any conditions or restrictions on the access to,
and use of, that information or those records,
(e) fees for access to
the AHIMS and for copies or extracts of information and records kept on
the AHIMS.
