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ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1972 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 6. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972

53 of 1972

2 Oct 1972

15 Dec 1972 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Dec 1972 p. 4681)

Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act (No. 2) 1980

8 of 1980

23 Sep 1980

23 Sep 1980

Reprint of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 as at 24 Jun 1981 (includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit) Act 1985 s. 3

98 of 1985

4 Dec 1985

1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 1986 p. 2255)

Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1987 Pt. XIV

126 of 1987

31 Dec 1987

16 Sep 1988 (see s. 2 and Gazette 16 Sep 1988 p. 3637)

Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 s. 123

24 of 1990

7 Sep 1990

20 Oct 1992 (see s. 2 and Gazette 2 Oct 1992 p. 4811)

Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 3(1)

32 of 1994

29 Jun 1994

1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)

Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 1995 3, 4

24 of 1995

30 Jun 1995

s. 1 and 2: 30 Jun 1995;
Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 1995 p. 2781)

Reprint of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 as at 4 Oct 1995 (includes amendments listed above)

Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 3 and s. 147

78 of 1995

16 Jan 1996

4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632)

Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997 Pt. 3 and s. 141

31 of 1997

3 Oct 1997

30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)

Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 s. 39

58 of 1999

24 Dec 1999

24 Dec 1999 (see s. 2(1))

Reprint of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 as at 16 Feb 2001 (includes amendments listed above)

Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 35

50 of 2003

9 Jul 2003

15 May 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 May 2004 p. 1445)

State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 1 5

55 of 2004

24 Nov 2004

1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)

Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80 and 82

84 of 2004

16 Dec 2004

2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

Petroleum Amendment Act 2007 s. 89 

35 of 2007

21 Dec 2007

19 Jan 2008 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 18 Jan 2008 p. 147)

Reprint 4: The Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 as at 7 Mar 2008 (includes amendments listed above)

2 Under the Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 Sch. 2 cl. 13 a reference to the Consolidated Fund may, where the context so requires, be read as if it had been amended to be a reference to the Consolidated Account. This reference was changed under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(5)(a).

3 The Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 1995 s. 19(2), (3) and (4) read as follows:

“
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the performance or purported performance and exercise or purported exercise, during the period beginning on the commencement of the principal Act and ending on the day before the day that this Act comes into operation, by the Committee of the duties imposed and powers conferred by section 18 of the principal Act on the Trustees shall be deemed to have been lawful and valid.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to or in relation to legal proceedings instituted before 1 July 1990 in respect to the performance or purported performance of duties, or the exercise or purported exercise of powers, referred to in that subsection.

(4) In this section, “Trustees” has the meaning given to it by the principal Act before its amendment by this Act.

”.

4 The Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 1995 s. 51(2) and (3) read as follows:

“
(2) After the commencement of the Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 1995, moneys standing to the credit of the Aboriginal Material Preservation Fund shall be transferred to an account forming part of the Trust Fund referred to in section 9 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 established by the Treasurer and to be administered by the Department for the purposes of the protection of Aboriginal heritage.

(3) On the commencement of the Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 1995 the Trustees (as the accountable authority within the meaning in the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985) are to report in respect of the Aboriginal Material Preservation Fund, as opened and kept under Part VIII of the principal Act prior to its amendment by this Act, as required by section 66 of that Act, for the period from the preceding 1 July to the time of the commencement, and Division 14 of Part II of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 applies as if that period were a full financial year.

”.

5 The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

6 The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 1 was repealed by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).