21Ownership of secret or sacred objects before the Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 2016

21 Ownership of secret or sacred objects before the Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 2016 (1) This section applies to an Aboriginal object that— (a) is a secret or sacred object; and S. 21(1)(b) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 19(2). (b) is, immediately before the commencement of this section, in the custody of a State entity, or, on or after that commencement but before the commencement of section 20 of the **Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 2016**, comes into the custody of a State entity. (2) Aboriginal people who have a traditional or familial link with the object, if they are not already the owners of the object, become the owners— (a) if the object was in the custody of a State entity immediately before the commencement of this section, on that commencement; or (b) in any other case, when the object comes into the custody of a State entity. S. 21A inserted by No. 11/2016 s. 20.