Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 2003 - SECT 16

16 Aboriginal human remains in custody of State

(1) This section applies to Aboriginal human remains if the human remains are in the custody of an entity that represents or is the State.

(2) The persons who own the human remains may at any time ask the entity—

(a) to continue to be the custodian of the human remains; or

(b) to return the human remains to them.

(3) If the entity is satisfied the persons making the request under subsection (2) are the owners of the human remains, the entity must comply with the request to the greatest practicable extent.

(4) The persons who own the human remains are not limited to making only 1 request under subsection (2) .

Example—

The owners could ask for the Queensland Museum to continue its custody of the human remains while they make suitable arrangements for dealing with the human remains, at which time they could ask for the human remains to be returned to them.