Section 8 - Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975 - Management, &c., of protected sites

8Management, &c., of protected sites

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8 Management, &c., of protected sites

(1) The Director is charged with the management and maintenance of every protected site and the protection and preservation of the protected objects on and in that site.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) , the Director shall cause to be carried out on a protected site such work as, in his opinion, is necessary or desirable for the purpose of –

(a) protecting or preserving a protected object, or any other object, on or in the site and providing and maintaining means of access to any such object or to the site; and

(b) restoring or repairing any such object.

(3) The work referred to in subsection (2) includes –

(a) the fencing of a protected site;

(b) the erection and maintenance of notices on the site (including notices relating to the site or any object on or in the site or any of the provisions of this Act);

(c) the erection and maintenance of cairns or other monuments to mark any object on or in the site; and

(d) the provision of such facilities and conveniences for the use or benefit of persons resorting to that site as the Director deems necessary –

but nothing in that subsection authorizes the carrying out of work elsewhere than on such a site, except for the purpose of providing, improving, or maintaining means of access to the site.

(4) The Director may impose a charge for the use of the facilities and conveniences referred to in subsection (3) .

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4) , where a protected site is not an area of Crown land, no charge may be imposed under that subsection on the owner or occupier of the land.

(6) If the Director is satisfied that any object on or in a protected site is likely to suffer damage or be destroyed or lost unless it is removed to a place of safety, the Director may cause that object to be removed from the site and may, subject to subsection (7) , make such arrangements as he considers suitable for its safe custody or for otherwise dealing with it for the purposes of this subsection.