Victorian Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 (NO 16 OF 2006) - SECT 23

            An Aboriginal person with traditional or familial links to a secret or sacred Aboriginal object held or controlled by a university, museum or other institution may—

        (a)     on his or her own initiative, or in conjunction with one or more other Aboriginal persons, negotiate directly with the university, museum or other institution; or

        (b)     ask the Minister to negotiate with the university, museum or other institution on behalf of the person—

for the return of the secret or sacred Aboriginal object.