{"id":"F1996B00520","name":"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Regulations 1984","slug":"aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-heritage-protection-regulations-1984","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"176 of 1984","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28746,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1996B00520-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA","content":"## COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nEMERGENCY DECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 21C (1) OF THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT 1984\n\nI, (insert name of person making the declaration), an inspector appointed under section 21R of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, (or) Minister of State for Aboriginal Affairs, (or) Magistrate of the State of Victoria, (where the declaration is made by an inspector or the Minister or where the declaration is made by a magistrate on an application by a local Aboriginal community, insert after an application made to me by (insert name of local Aboriginal community), a local Aboriginal community, (or where the application for the declaration was made by another person, insert name, description and address of that person) (or where the declaration is made by an inspector or the Minister on his or her own motion, insert on my own motion,) hereby make under subsection 21C (1) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 an emergency declaration in relation to (describe or refer to each Aboriginal place or Aboriginal object that is the subject of the declaration in a manner that is sufficient to identify it) (if the declaration is to be subject to any terms, for example, if the manner of preservation to be adopted in relation to that place or object is to be specified, if the manner of removing a specified threat of injury to that place or object is to be specified, or if a prohibition of access to, or interference with, that place or object is to be specified, specify those terms).\n\nDated 19 .\n\n(Signature of person  \nmaking the declaration)\n\nSchedule 3\n\n(subregulation 9 (1))\n\nForm Identity Card No.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2227},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The provided text represents specific operational schedules of the Regulations (forms and Victorian community area definitions). While the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 operates nationally, this excerpt focuses on the detailed geographic implementation for Victorian Aboriginal communities and the administrative framework for emergency declarations. There is no indication that the scope has expanded beyond the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely detailed geographic boundary descriptions for 24 separate Victorian community areas using technical surveying terms (bearings, coordinates, distances)","Multiple cross-references to specific sections of the parent Act (sections 21C, 21R)","Complex conditional logic in declaration templates with multiple optional clauses depending on who makes the declaration and on what basis","Nested definitions requiring interpretation of local government boundaries, roads, and natural features as they existed at different historical dates (e.g., pre-1993 boundaries)"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations implement the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 by providing the forms and procedures for emergency declarations to protect Aboriginal sacred sites and cultural objects from immediate threats. They also legally map boundaries for 24 Victorian local Aboriginal communities so each community’s authority over heritage in specific areas is clear.\n\nWho’s affected: Aboriginal communities in Victoria, land developers, inspectors and anyone whose activities may impact Aboriginal heritage; it matters because it enables rapid protection and clarifies local custodial rights."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These Regulations do not, on their face, expand or narrow the substantive protective powers in the Act. Instead they prescribe administrative mechanisms (an emergency declaration form and an inspector identity card) and fix the detailed Victorian community‑area boundaries and mapping arrangements (Schedule 4; regulation 3A). In short, they implement procedural and geographic details that determine where and by whom measures under the Act may be invoked, rather than altering who or what the Act protects."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive, granular geographic descriptions for 24 community areas in Victoria with many coordinate points and references to pre-1993 local government boundaries (Schedule 4; regulation 3A).","Multiple parts and exclusions within single area entries (e.g. Parts A/B, explicit property exclusions), increasing drafting and mapping complexity (Areas 1A, 4, 6, 18, 23).","Cross-references to the primary Act (emergency declaration under subsection 21C(1)) and to other regulations (subregulation 9(1)), requiring reconciliation with external provisions.","Administrative templates with open fields (emergency declaration and identity card forms) that delegate fact‑finding and discretion to inspectors, Minister or magistrate (form text referencing who may make declaration).","Requirement that community area boundaries be represented graphically in a computer map maintained by the Victorian Minister and availability of printed maps on request creates operational dependency on an external mapping record (Schedule 4 notes).","Mixture of metric bearings, kilometre measures, road names, natural features and cadastral references demands geographic expertise to convert into usable GIS layers.","Potential for interpretive ambiguity where place descriptions rely on physical features that can change over time (rivers, roads, township extents).","Length and repetition make locating particular procedural or territorial provisions time‑consuming for practitioners and affected stakeholders."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations provide the administrative templates and geographic definitions that implement parts of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984: a form for emergency declarations, an inspector identity‑card form, and detailed boundaries for local Aboriginal community areas in Victoria. They determine who may make emergency declarations (inspectors, the Minister or a magistrate), how a declared place/object must be identified and what terms may be attached, and which Victorian communities/lands are treated as community areas for the Act’s purposes."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-heritage-protection-regulations-1984","history":"/api/acts/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-heritage-protection-regulations-1984/history","analysis":"/api/acts/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-heritage-protection-regulations-1984/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-heritage-protection-regulations-1984/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-heritage-protection-regulations-1984/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-heritage-protection-regulations-1984/documents"}}