TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 2003 - SECT 165
Cultural heritage arrangements for project authorised before commencement
TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 2003 - SECT 165
Cultural heritage arrangements for project authorised before commencement
165 Cultural heritage arrangements for project authorised before commencement
(1) This section applies to a project if—
(a) under an Act other than this
Act, an authority is required for the project; and
(b) the authority was
obtained before the commencement of this section; and
(c) for the purposes of
obtaining the authority, arrangements were put in place, whether by placing
conditions on the authority or in some other way, directed at ensuring that
the project would avoid or minimise harm to
Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage.
(2) Until the project is finished,
a person who, under the authority, carries out an activity for the project
under the arrangements does not commit an offence against a cultural heritage
protection provision in relation to Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage
expressly or impliedly the subject of the arrangements.
(3) In this
section—
"authority" includes a lease, licence, permit or approval.