Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

URBAN FOREST ACT 2023 - SECT 74

    (1)     Information about the location or nature of an Aboriginal cultural tree is restricted information unless the conservator declares in writing that it is not.

    (2)     Before making a declaration under subsection (1), the conservator must ask each representative Aboriginal organisation for advice in relation to the proposed declaration.

    (3)     The conservator must take reasonable steps to give a copy of the declaration to the following:

        (a)     the person who nominated the tree for registration;

        (b)     the lessee or occupier of, or custodian for, the land where the tree is located;

        (c)     the heritage council;

        (d)     each representative Aboriginal organisation.