(b) the object is, immediately before the commencement of this section, in the
custody of an entity that represents or is the State, or after the
commencement comes into the custody of an entity that represents or is the
State.
(2) The Torres Strait Islanders who have a traditional or familial
link with the object, if they are not already the owners, become the owners of
the object—
(a) if the object was in the custody of the entity immediately
before the commencement of this section—on the commencement; or
(b)
otherwise—when the object comes into the custody of the entity.
(3) The
persons who own the object may at any time ask the entity—
(a) to continue
to be the custodian of the object; or
(b) to return the object to them.
(4)
If the entity is satisfied the persons making the request under subsection (3)
are the owners of the object, the entity must comply with the request to the
greatest practicable extent.
(5) The persons who own the object are not
limited to making only 1 request under subsection (3) .
Example—
The owners
could ask for the Queensland Museum to continue its custody of an object while
they make suitable arrangements for dealing with the object, at which time
they could ask for the object to be returned to them.