Victorian Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 (NO 16 OF 2006) - SECT 12

The following principles underlie this Part—

        (a)     as far as practicable, Aboriginal cultural heritage should be owned by Aboriginal people with traditional or familial links to the area from which the Aboriginal cultural heritage is reasonably believed to have originated if it is any of the following—

              (i)     Aboriginal human remains;

              (ii)     secret or sacred Aboriginal objects;

        (b)     Aboriginal cultural heritage of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) that is in the custody of the State should continue to be protected by the State until it can be transferred into the protection of its Aboriginal owners.