Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) On the commencement day the remains of the bodies of original inhabitants of Tasmania, and the remains of the bodies of descendants of those original inhabitants, that are in the possession of the Queen Victoria Museum shall be vested in, and become the property of, the Crown.
(2) The Minister shall, as soon as is practicable after the commencement day, serve a notice on the corporation requiring it to deliver the remains referred to in subsection (1) to such elders of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community as he may direct in accordance with the terms of the notice (being the same elders as he directs in the notice under section 4(2)) and the corporation shall, on being so served, forthwith comply with the notice.
(3) Property in the remains referred to in subsection (1) shall vest in the elders named in the notice as trustees of the remains for the Tasmanian Aboriginal community when the remains are delivered to them in accordance with the notice.
(4) The notice referred to in subsection (2) shall be deemed to have been duly served on the corporation if it is served on the general manager of the corporation.