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Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006
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79D Aboriginal intangible heritage agreements
(1) For the purposes of this Act, an Aboriginal intangible heritage agreement is an agreement relating to registered Aboriginal intangible heritage made between any person or body and—
(a) a registered Aboriginal party; or
(b) a registered native title holder; or
(c) a traditional owner group entity.
(2) An Aboriginal intangible heritage agreement may deal with any of the following—
(a) the management, protection or conservation of Aboriginal intangible heritage;
(b) the research or publication of Aboriginal intangible heritage;
(c) the development or commercial use of Aboriginal intangible heritage;
(d) the rights of traditional owners to use and commercially exploit Aboriginal intangible heritage, including anything produced from the research and development of Aboriginal intangible heritage;
(e) the compensation to be paid to traditional owners for the research, development and commercial use of Aboriginal intangible heritage.
(3) An Aboriginal intangible heritage agreement cannot deal with any activity for which a cultural heritage permit or cultural heritage management plan is required under this Act.
(4) An Aboriginal intangible heritage agreement has effect as an agreement under seal.
S. 79E inserted by No. 11/2016 s. 59.