ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1972 - SECT 20
ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1972 - SECT 20
20 . Temporarily protected areas
(1) Where the
Committee recommends to the Governor that it may become expedient to declare
any locality to be a protected area, or that an archaeological or other
investigation should be conducted in any locality by, or with the
authorisation of, the Registrar and that it is necessary in the meantime, for
the preservation or protection of the locality and of any objects that may be
found therein, to prevent or control the entry of persons into that locality
the Governor may, by Order in Council, declare that locality to be a
temporarily protected area.
(2) Subject to the
provisions of subsection (3), an Order made under subsection (1) has effect
for a period of 6 months, and no longer, and may be revoked or varied at any
time.
(3) The Governor, on
the recommendation of the Committee and on being satisfied that having regard
to the circumstances of the case it has not been practicable to complete the
evaluation of the locality but that it is expedient that the locality should
continue to be preserved and protected, may by Order in Council declare that
an Order made under subsection (1) shall continue to have effect for such
period as is therein specified.
[Section 20 amended: No. 24 of 1995 s. 21.]