Victorian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

Archaeological and Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1972 - SECT 15

Archaeological areas

15. Archaeological areas



(1) Where the Governor in Council is satisfied with respect to any land-

   (a)  that it is necessary to reserve the land for the preservation of
        relics therein;

   (b)  that for the preservation of relics therein it is necessary to control
        the entry of persons upon that land;

   (c)  that satisfactory arrangements have been made or will be made for the
        management of the land as an archaeological area and for controlling
        the entry of persons upon the land; and

   (d)  all consents required by this Act have been obtained-

the Governor in Council may by proclamation published in the Government
Gazette declare the land to be an archaeological area.

(2) A proclamation of land as an archaeological area shall not be made unless
the consent in writing for the making of the proclamation has first been
received from-

   (a)  where the land or a part thereof is Crown land-the Minister
        administering the Aboriginal Lands Act 1991;



   (b)  where the land or a part thereof is vested in a statutory corporation
        for the purposes of any Act-the Minister administering that Act;

   (c)  where the land or a part thereof is under the control of a Minister
        under an Act-that Minister; or

   (d)  where the land or a part thereof is private land-the owner and, if the
        owner is not the occupier, the occupier.