Western Australian Current Acts

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1972 - SECT 40

40 .         Aboriginal cultural material

                Where the Committee recommends to the Governor that an object or class of objects in the State is of Aboriginal origin and is —

            (a)         of sacred, ritual or ceremonial importance;

            (b)         of anthropological, archaeological, ethnographical or other special national or local interest; or

            (c)         of outstanding aesthetic value,

                the Governor may, by Order in Council, declare that object or class of objects to be classified as Aboriginal cultural material.

        [Section 40 amended: No. 24 of 1995 s. 34.]