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TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 2003 - SECT 96 Giving of public notice (proposed plan)

TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 2003 - SECT 96

Giving of public notice (proposed plan)

96 Giving of public notice (proposed plan)

(1) This section applies if, for a part of the plan area (the
"relevant part" )—
(a) there is no Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage body; and
(b) there is no Torres Strait Islander party that is a native title party.
(2) The sponsor must ensure that a public notice (
"public notice (proposed plan)" ) is published in a newspaper circulating generally in the relevant part.
(3) If there is an approved form for the public notice (proposed plan), the notice must be in the approved form.
(4) The public notice (proposed plan) must be published as close as practicable to the time the written notice (proposed plan) is given.
(5) The public notice (proposed plan) must—
(a) be directed to Torres Strait Islander parties for the relevant part; and
(b) advise the sponsor’s name and contact details, including the sponsor’s address for service; and
(c) identify the project; and
(d) advise that the sponsor intends to develop the cultural heritage management plan for the project; and
(e) describe the plan area for the plan and identify its location, including, to the extent appropriate and practicable in the circumstances, by describing the plan area’s location in relation to the nearest town, using bearings and approximate distances; and
(f) describe the relevant part, if it is less extensive than the plan area; and
(g) advise that if a Torres Strait Islander party for the relevant part wishes to take part in developing the plan, it must give a written notice to the sponsor that the party wishes to take part in developing the plan; and
(h) state the notice day (proposed plan) for the plan, and advise the time by which the sponsor must be given the written notice that the party wishes to take part in developing the plan; and
(i) advise that a Torres Strait Islander party might not be endorsed to take part in developing the plan if it does not give the sponsor the written notice within the required time.
(6) For subsection (5) (h) , the time the sponsor advises as being the time by which the sponsor must be given the written notice that the party wishes to take part in developing the plan must be—
(a) the end of 30 days after the notice day (proposed plan) for the plan; or
(b) a later time decided by the sponsor.