90QAboriginal Heritage Information Management System

#### 90Q Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System 90Q Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System > > (1) The Secretary is to establish and keep a database to be known as the Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (the AHIMS). > > > (2) The AHIMS is to contain— > > > > > (a) information and records regarding Aboriginal objects whose existence and location have been reported to the Secretary, and > > > > > (b) copies of any reports that have been provided to the Secretary regarding Aboriginal objects and other objects, places and features of significance to Aboriginal people, and > > > > > (c) any other information required by the regulations. > > > (3) The purposes of the AHIMS are— > > > > > (a) to maintain a record of Aboriginal objects whose existence and location have been reported to the Secretary, and > > > > > (b) to maintain a copy of any report that has been provided to the Secretary relating to the assessment of objects, places and features that are or are likely to be of significance to Aboriginal people, and > > > > > (c) to maintain a record of the details of any other report (of which the Secretary is aware) relating to the assessment of objects, places and features that are or are likely to be of significance to Aboriginal people, and > > > > > (d) to allow access to the AHIMS— > > > > > > > (i) by Aboriginal people and organisations and by academic researchers, and > > > > > > > (ii) by or on behalf of persons exercising due diligence to determine whether an act or omission would harm an Aboriginal object for the purposes of section 87 (2), and > > > > > > > (iii) by public and local authorities in the exercise of their land management, planning and other similar functions, > > > > but the AHIMS is not intended to be conclusive about whether any information or records contained within it is up-to-date, comprehensive or otherwise accurate. > > > (4) The AHIMS is to be kept and maintained in such form as the Secretary thinks fit. Different parts of the AHIMS may be kept in different forms. > > > (5) The regulations may prescribe any or all of the following— > > > > > (a) the persons and classes of persons who may be granted access to information and records contained in the AHIMS, > > > > > (b) the method of accessing the AHIMS, > > > > > (c) the form in which access to the AHIMS is to be given (for example, whether by access to full records or summaries or through supplied maps or other forms of information), > > > > > (d) the type of information or records that are available to be accessed from the AHIMS and any conditions or restrictions on the access to, and use of, that information or those records, > > > > > (e) fees for access to the AHIMS and for copies or extracts of information and records kept on the AHIMS. > > **s 90Q:** Ins 2010 No 38, Sch 1 \[37\]. Am 2021 No 47, Sch 1.1\[16\]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.46\[5\].