19Buffer zones for places, objects and items of heritage significance

19 Buffer zones for places, objects and items of heritage significance

19 Buffer zones for places, objects and items of heritage significance

(1) Any Aboriginal place or Aboriginal object that is identified in a plantation must be surrounded by a buffer—

(a) in the case of any burial site—at least 50 metres wide, and

(b) in the case of any scarred or carved tree or any stone arrangement—at least 20 metres wide, and

(c) in the case of any artefact scatter or any other Aboriginal place or Aboriginal object—at least 10 metres wide,

unless a consent to disturb the place or object is obtained under that Act.

(2) Any item of the environmental heritage that is identified in a plantation must be surrounded by a buffer at least 10 metres wide unless an approval or permit to disturb the item is obtained under the Heritage Act 1977.