Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 2003 - SECT 29

29 Information protection provision

(1) This section applies to a person who, under this Act, submits to the chief executive or the Minister a report or other document about Aboriginal cultural heritage matters.

(2) The person must not include in the report or other document knowledge or information given to or otherwise acquired by the person if—

(a) the person knows the knowledge or information is of a secret or sacred nature; and

(b) the Aboriginal people in whose understanding the knowledge or information is of a secret or sacred nature have not agreed to its inclusion in the report or other document.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—100 penalty units;

(b) for a corporation—1,000 penalty units.