Victorian Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO. 11 OF 2016) - SECT 85

After section 144 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 insert —

        " 144A     Purposes of the Register

The main purposes of the Register are—

        (a)     to be a central repository for Victorian traditional owners to store information about their cultural heritage for the use of current and future generations of Victorians; and

        (b)     to include information assisting the management and protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage and Aboriginal intangible heritage; and

        (c)     to include information promoting both sustainable land use and development and the management and protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage; and

        (d)     to be a repository for information for consideration for land use and land use planning; and

        (e)     to be a research and planning tool assisting the consideration of Aboriginal cultural heritage values of particular objects and areas; and

        (f)     to facilitate research about the Aboriginal peoples of Victoria.".