ALPINE RESORTS (MANAGEMENT) ACT 1997 - SECT 1A Recognition of traditional owners

ALPINE RESORTS (MANAGEMENT) ACT 1997 - SECT 1A

    (1)     The Parliament recognises that traditional owners, as the original custodians of the land in alpine resorts—

        (a)     have a unique status as the descendants of Australia's first people; and

        (b)     have a spiritual, social, cultural and economic relationship with the land in alpine resorts; and

        (c)     have made a unique and irreplaceable contribution to the identity and well‑being of the land in alpine resorts.

    (2)     The Parliament does not intend by this section—

        (a)     to create in any person any legal right or give rise to any civil cause of action; or

        (b)     to affect in any way the interpretation of this Act or of any other law in force in Victoria.

S. 1B inserted by No. 9/2022 s. 5.