Victorian Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 (NO 16 OF 2006) - SECT 36

    (1)     A person may apply to the Secretary for a cultural heritage permit authorising the person to do one or more of the following—

        (a)     disturb or excavate any land for the purpose of uncovering or discovering Aboriginal cultural heritage;

        (b)     carry out scientific research on an Aboriginal place (including the removal of Aboriginal objects from that place for the purpose of that research);

        (c)     carry out an activity that will, or is likely to, harm Aboriginal cultural heritage;

        (d)     buy or sell an Aboriginal object;

        (e)     remove an Aboriginal object from Victoria.

    (2)     An application must—

        (a)     be made in the approved form; and

        (b)     be accompanied by the relevant prescribed fee (if any).