Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

NORTHERN TERRITORY ABORIGINAL SACRED SITES ACT - SECT 10

The functions of the Authority are -

(a) to facilitate discussions between custodians of sacred sites and persons performing or proposing to perform work on or use land comprised in or in the vicinity of a sacred site, with a view to their agreeing on an appropriate means of sites avoidance and protection of sacred sites;

(b) to carry out research and keep records necessary to enable it to efficiently carry out its functions;

(c) to establish such committees (including executive and regional committees), consisting of such members and other persons, as are necessary to enable it to carry out its functions;

(d) to establish and maintain a register to be known as the Register of Sacred Sites and such other registers and records as required by or under this Act;

(e) to examine and evaluate applications made under sections 20 and 27;

(f) after considering an application under section 20, and in accordance with Division 1 of Part III, to issue or refuse to issue an Authority Certificate;

(g) to make available for public inspection the Register and records of all agreements, certificates and refusals except to the extent that such availability would disclose sensitive commercial information or matters required by Aboriginal tradition to be kept secret;

(h) to make such recommendations to the Minister on the administration of this Act as it thinks fit;

(j) to perform such other functions as are imposed on it by or under this or any other Act, or as directed by the Minister; and

(k) to enforce this Act.