Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HERITAGE ACT 2004 - SECT 55

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     publishes restricted information about a place or object; and

        (b)     knows the information is restricted information.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the publication is—

        (a)     in accordance with an approval under section 56; or

        (b)     for the exercise of a function under this Act or another Territory law.

    (3)     Also, subsection (1) does not apply to a publication about an Aboriginal place or object if the publication—

        (a)     is made by a person with a traditional affiliation with the place or object; and

        (b)     is—

              (i)     to another Aboriginal person; or

              (ii)     for the purpose of education about Aboriginal tradition; or

              (iii)     necessary and reasonable to avoid an imminent risk of damage to, or destruction of, an Aboriginal place or object.