Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsNo. 79, 1984
Compilation No. 17
Compilation date: 21 October 2016
Includes amendments up to: Act No. 61, 2016
Registered: 21 October 2016
About this compilation
This compilation
This is a compilation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 21 October 2016 (the compilation date).
The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.
Uncommenced amendments
The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.
Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments
If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.
Editorial changes
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Modifications
If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.
Self-repealing provisions
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Contents
Part I--Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Interpretation
4 Purposes of Act
5 Extension to Territories
6 Act binds the Crown
6A Application of the Criminal Code
7 Application of other laws
8 Application of Act
Part II--Protection of significant Aboriginal areas and objects
Division 1--Declarations by Minister
9 Emergency declarations in relation to areas
10 Other declarations in relation to areas
11 Contents of declarations under section 9 or 10
12 Declarations in relation to objects
13 Making of declarations
14 Publication and commencement of declarations
16 Refusal to make declaration
Division 2--Declarations by authorized officers
17 Authorised officers
18 Emergency declarations in relation to areas or objects
19 Notification of declarations
Division 3--Discovery and disposal of Aboriginal remains
20 Discovery of Aboriginal remains
21 Disposal of Aboriginal remains
Part III--Offences, penalties and legal proceedings
22 Offences and penalties
23 Indictable offences
24 Evidence
25 Body corporate responsible for acts of employees and agents
26 Injunctions
27 Proceedings in camera
28 Compensation for acquisition of property
29 Powers of courts not limited
30 Legal assistance
Part IV--Miscellaneous
31 Delegation
32 Regulations
Endnotes
Endnote 1--About the endnotes
Endnote 2--Abbreviation key
Endnote 3--Legislation history
Endnote 4--Amendment history
The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.
The following endnotes are included in every compilation:
Endnote 1--About the endnotes
Endnote 2--Abbreviation key
Endnote 3--Legislation history
Endnote 4--Amendment history
Abbreviation key--Endnote 2
The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.
Legislation history and amendment history--Endnotes 3 and 4
Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.
The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.
The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.
If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.
Misdescribed amendments
A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation "(md)" added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.
If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation "(md not incorp)" is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.
ad = added or inserted | o = order(s) |
am = amended | Ord = Ordinance |
amdt = amendment | orig = original |
c = clause(s) | par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s) |
C[x] = Compilation No. x | /sub-subparagraph(s) |
Ch = Chapter(s) | pres = present |
def = definition(s) | prev = previous |
Dict = Dictionary | (prev ... ) = previously |
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament | Pt = Part(s) |
Div = Division(s) | r = regulation(s)/rule(s) |
ed = editorial change | reloc = relocated |
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have | renum = renumbered |
effect | rep = repealed |
F = Federal Register of Legislation | rs = repealed and substituted |
gaz = gazette | s = section(s)/subsection(s) |
LA = Legislation Act 2003 | Sch = Schedule(s) |
Sdiv = Subdivision(s) | |
(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given | SLI = Select Legislative Instrument |
effect | SR = Statutory Rules |
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment | Sub-Ch = Sub-Chapter(s) |
cannot be given effect | SubPt = Subpart(s) |
mod = modified/modification | underlining = whole or part not |
No. = Number(s) | commenced or to be commenced |
Endnote 3--Legislation history
Act | Number and year | Assent | Commencement | Application, saving and transitional provisions |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage (Interim Protection) Act 1984 | 79, 1984 | 25 June 1984 | 25 June 1984 (s 2) |
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage (Interim Protection) Amendment Act 1986 | 83, 1986 | 24 June 1986 | 24 June 1986 (s 2) | -- |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Amendment Act 1987 | 39, 1987 | 5 June 1987 | 10 July 1987 (s 2 and gaz 1987, No S171) | -- |
Statutory Instruments (Tabling and Disallowance) Legislation Amendment Act 1988 | 99, 1988 | 2 Dec 1988 | Sch: 2 Dec 1988 (s 2) | -- |
150, 1989 | 27 Nov 1989 | -- | ||
43, 1996 | 25 Oct 1996 | Sch 5 (items 1-3): 25 Oct 1996 (s 2(1)) | -- | |
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 | 146, 1999 | 11 Nov 1999 | Sch 1 (items 20, 21): 5 Dec 1999 (s 2(1), (2)) | -- |
Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 | 15, 2001 | 22 Mar 2001 | Sch 1 (items 1-11): 24 May 2001 (s 2(1)(c)) | s 4 |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005 | 32, 2005 | 22 Mar 2005 | Sch 4 (items 1, 2): 24 Mar 2005 (s 2(1) item 4) | Sch 4 (item 2) |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Amendment Act 2006 | 152, 2006 | 7 Dec 2006 | Sch 1: 8 Dec 2006 (s 2(1) item 2) | -- |
73, 2008 | 3 July 2008 | Sch 1 (item 1): 3 July 2008 (s 2(1) item 2) | -- | |
139, 2010 | 10 Dec 2010 | Sch 1 (item 61): 11 Dec 2010 (s 2(1) item 2) | -- | |
5, 2015 | 25 Feb 2015 | Sch 3 (items 6, 7): 25 Mar 2015 (s 2(1) item 10) | -- | |
59, 2015 | 26 May 2015 | Sch 1 (item 85): 18 June 2015 (s 2(1) item 2) | Sch 1 (items 184-203) | |
Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2015 | 126, 2015 | 10 Sept 2015 | Sch 1 (item 3): 5 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2) | -- |
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2015 | 145, 2015 | 12 Nov 2015 | Sch 3 (item 1) 10 Dec 2015 (s 2(1) item 7) | -- |
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 1) 2016 | 4, 2016 | 11 Feb 2016 | Sch 4 (items 1, 3): 10 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 6) | -- |
61, 2016 | 23 Sept 2016 | Sch 1 (items 1-8): 21 Oct 2016 (s 2(1) item 1) | -- |
Number and year | FRLI registration or gazettal | Commencement | Application, saving and transitional provisions |
176, 1984 | 2 Aug 1984 | 2 Aug 1984 | -- |
as amended by |
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153, 1987 | 15 Jul 1987 | 15 Jul 1987 | -- |
420, 1989 | 8 Jan 1990 | 8 Jan 1990 | -- |
121, 1992 | 14 May 1992 | 14 May 1992 | -- |
28, 1994 | 25 Feb 1994 | 25 Feb 1994 | -- |
2, 1998 | 11 Feb 1998 | 11 Feb 1998 | -- |
187, 2003 | 24 July 2003 | 24 July 2003 | -- |
Provision affected | How affected |
Title.................... | am No 83, 1986 |
Part I |
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s 1..................... | am No 83, 1986 |
s 6..................... | rs No 145, 2015 |
s 6A.................... | ad No 15, 2001 |
s 7..................... | am No 39, 1987; No 43, 1996; No 15, 2001; No 152, 2006 |
s 8A.................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
Part II |
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Division 1 |
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s 9..................... | am No 43, 1996; No 152, 2006 |
s 10.................... | am No 43, 1996; No 152, 2006 |
s 12.................... | am No 43, 1996; No 152, 2006 |
s 13.................... | am No 43, 1996; No 139, 2010; No 59, 2015 |
s 14.................... | am No 152, 2006; No 126, 2015 |
s 15.................... | am No 99, 1988 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 16.................... | am No 43, 1996 |
Division 2 |
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s 17.................... | am No 43, 1996 |
s 18.................... | am No 152, 2006; No 73, 2008 |
s 19.................... | am No 43, 1996 |
Division 3 |
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s 20.................... | am No 39, 1987; No 43, 1996; No 152, 2006 |
s 21.................... | am No 39, 1987; No 43, 1996; No 152, 2006 |
Part IIA.................. | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21A................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21B................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| am No 150, 1989; No 32, 2005 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21C................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21D................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21E................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21EA.................. | ad No 152, 2006 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21F................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21G................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| am No 15, 2001 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21H................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rs No 15, 2001 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21J.................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21K................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21L................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21M................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21N................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21P................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21Q................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21R................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21S................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21T................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21U................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| am No 15, 2001 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21V................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21W................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21X................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21Y................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| am No 15, 2001 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21Z................... | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
s 21ZA.................. | ad No 39, 1987 |
| rep No 152, 2006 |
Part III |
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s 22.................... | am No 15, 2001; No 4, 2016; No 61, 2016 |
s 23.................... | am No 15, 2001; No 61, 2016 |
s 25.................... | am No 39, 1987; No 152, 2006; No 5, 2015 |
s 26.................... | am No 39, 1987; No 152, 2006 |
s 27.................... | am No 39, 1987; No 152, 2006 |
s 28.................... | am No 39, 1987; No 152, 2006 |
s 30.................... | am No 39, 1987; No 43, 1996; No 146, 1999; No 152, 2006 |
Part IV |
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s 31.................... | am No 39, 1987; No 43, 1996; No 152, 2006 |
s 33.................... | rep No 83, 1986 |
Schedule................. | ad No 39, 1987 |
| am Statutory Rules No 176, 1984 (as am by No 153, 1987; No 420, 1989; No 121, 1992; No 28, 1994; No 2, 1998; No 187, 2003) |
| rep No 152, 2006 |