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HERITAGE (HERITAGE DIRECTIONS) AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO 39 OF 2005) - SECT 36

36—Amendment of section 29—Permits

        (1)         Section 29(1)—delete "the Authority" and substitute:

the Council

        (2)         Section 29(1)(b) and (c)—delete paragraphs (b) and (c) and substitute:

            (b)         provide for the notification of the discovery or recovery of any specified classes of specimens, artefacts or other objects under the permit;

            (c)         provide that geological, palaeontological or speleological specimens, archaeological artefacts or other objects recovered or removed in the course of the operations are to belong to the Crown;

            (d)         make provision for the protection and curation of any such specimens, artefacts or other objects.

        (3)         Section 29(2)—delete "the Authority" and substitute:

the Council

        (4)         Section 29(3)—delete "the Authority" and substitute:

the Council

        (5)         Section 29—after subsection (3) insert:

        (4)         The Council may, at any time by notice given to the holder of a permit—

            (a)         vary or revoke the permit; or

            (b)         vary or revoke a condition of a permit.

        (5)         A person must not contravene or fail to comply with a condition of a permit.

Maximum penalty: $75 000.

        (6)         A person who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Council

            (a)         with respect to his or her application for a permit; or

            (b)         in the exercise of a power under subsection (1) or (4),

may appeal to the Minister.

        (7)         On an appeal, the Minister may—

            (a)         confirm, vary or reverse the decision under appeal; or

            (b)         remit the matter to the Council for further consideration or reconsideration.

        (8)         A decision of the Minister under subsection (7)(a) will have effect as if it were a decision of the Council.



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