ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 36 Application for cultural heritage permit

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 36

S. 36(1) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 32(1).

    (1)     A person may apply to an approval body for a cultural heritage permit authorising the person to do one or more of the following—

        (a)     disturb or excavate any land for the purpose of uncovering or discovering Aboriginal cultural heritage;

S. 36(1)(b) substituted by No. 11/2016 s. 32(2).

        (b)     carry out research on an Aboriginal place or Aboriginal object, including the removal of an Aboriginal object from Victoria for the purposes of that research;

        (c)     carry out an activity that will, or is likely to, harm Aboriginal cultural heritage;

S. 36(1)(d) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 32(3).

        (d)     sell an Aboriginal object;

S. 36(1)(e) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 32(4).

        (e)     remove an Aboriginal object from Victoria;

S. 36(1)(f) inserted by No. 11/2016 s. 32(5).

        (f)     rehabilitate land at an Aboriginal place, including land containing burial grounds for Aboriginal ancestral remains;

S. 36(1)(g) inserted by No. 11/2016 s. 32(5).

        (g)     inter Aboriginal ancestral remains at an Aboriginal place.

    (2)     An application must—

        (a)     be made in the approved form; and

        (b)     be accompanied by the relevant prescribed fee (if any).