Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts This Act applies to
—
(a) any
place of importance and significance where persons of Aboriginal descent have,
or appear to have, left any object, natural or artificial, used for, or made
or adapted for use for, any purpose connected with the traditional cultural
life of the Aboriginal people, past or present;
(b) any
sacred, ritual or ceremonial site, which is of importance and special
significance to persons of Aboriginal descent;
(c) any
place which, in the opinion of the Committee, is or was associated with the
Aboriginal people and which is of historical, anthropological, archaeological
or ethnographical interest and should be preserved because of its importance
and significance to the cultural heritage of the State;
(d) any
place where objects to which this Act applies are traditionally stored, or to
which, under the provisions of this Act, such objects have been taken or
removed.
[Section 5 inserted: No. 8 of 1980 s. 2; amended:
No. 24 of 1995 s. 6.]