ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 49C Certification of preliminary Aboriginal heritage test
ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 49C
Certification of preliminary Aboriginal heritage test(1) After receiving an application for the certification of a preliminary Aboriginal heritage test under section 49B, the Secretary must certify that the test is correct or refuse to certify the test.
(2) The Secretary must certify a preliminary Aboriginal heritage test or refuse to certify the test within 21 days of receiving the application.
(3) The Secretary may request the applicant to provide any additional information that the Secretary reasonably considers necessary to assist the Secretary's decision.
(4) A request under subsection (3) must be made in writing and include the following information—
(a) the information to be provided;
(b) the date by which the information is to be provided, being at least 30 days after the request;
(c) a statement that the application will lapse if the information is not provided by that date.
(5) The period referred to in subsection (2)—
(a) ceases to run when the Secretary requests the additional information; and
(b) recommences to run when the information is provided to the Secretary.
Division 3—Other authorisations suspended until plan prepared