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Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003
sec.68Engagement of cultural heritage assessors
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### sec.68 Engagement of cultural heritage assessors
The sponsor may engage persons as cultural heritage assessors for the cultural heritage study.
An endorsed party for the cultural heritage study may ask the sponsor to engage a cultural heritage assessor for the study for a particular purpose.
The sponsor must comply with any reasonable request of an endorsed party under subsection (2) .
However, the sponsor may engage a person as a cultural heritage assessor for the cultural heritage study only if the sponsor is satisfied the person is—
an Aboriginal person for the study area; or
an appropriately qualified person in a discipline directly relevant to the study; or
anthropology, archaeology, history
another person who has particular knowledge or experience making the person suitable for engagement as a cultural heritage assessor.
In this section—
Aboriginal person for the study area means an Aboriginal person who has particular knowledge about traditions, observances, customs or beliefs associated with the study area, and who—
has responsibility under Aboriginal tradition for some or all of the study area, or for significant Aboriginal objects located or originating in the study area; or
is a member of a family or clan group recognised as having responsibility under Aboriginal tradition for some or all of the study area, or for significant Aboriginal objects located or originating in the study area.
(sec.68-ssec.1) The sponsor may engage persons as cultural heritage assessors for the cultural heritage study.
(sec.68-ssec.2) An endorsed party for the cultural heritage study may ask the sponsor to engage a cultural heritage assessor for the study for a particular purpose.
(sec.68-ssec.3) The sponsor must comply with any reasonable request of an endorsed party under subsection (2) .
(sec.68-ssec.4) However, the sponsor may engage a person as a cultural heritage assessor for the cultural heritage study only if the sponsor is satisfied the person is— an Aboriginal person for the study area; or an appropriately qualified person in a discipline directly relevant to the study; or anthropology, archaeology, history another person who has particular knowledge or experience making the person suitable for engagement as a cultural heritage assessor.
(sec.68-ssec.5) In this section— Aboriginal person for the study area means an Aboriginal person who has particular knowledge about traditions, observances, customs or beliefs associated with the study area, and who— has responsibility under Aboriginal tradition for some or all of the study area, or for significant Aboriginal objects located or originating in the study area; or is a member of a family or clan group recognised as having responsibility under Aboriginal tradition for some or all of the study area, or for significant Aboriginal objects located or originating in the study area.
- (a) an Aboriginal person for the study area; or
- (b) an appropriately qualified person in a discipline directly relevant to the study; or Examples of disciplines that would ordinarily be expected to be directly relevant— anthropology, archaeology, history
- (c) another person who has particular knowledge or experience making the person suitable for engagement as a cultural heritage assessor.
- (a) has responsibility under Aboriginal tradition for some or all of the study area, or for significant Aboriginal objects located or originating in the study area; or
- (b) is a member of a family or clan group recognised as having responsibility under Aboriginal tradition for some or all of the study area, or for significant Aboriginal objects located or originating in the study area.