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Queensland Heritage Act 1992
sec.107Approving an application for a permit to enter a protected area
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### sec.107 Approving an application for a permit to enter a protected area
If the chief executive is satisfied the application should be approved, the chief executive must—
approve the application, with or without conditions; and
within 10 business days after approving the application, give the applicant a permit to enter the protected area.
The permit applies for the period stated in it.
The conditions may, for example—
require that operations after entry be supervised by a person with appropriate qualifications and experience stated in the condition; or
require that the operations after entry be carried out as required by stated professional standards; or
make provision for the way in which artefacts of possible cultural heritage significance uncovered in the course of the operations must be dealt with; or
require the holder of the permit to pay stated fees, or fees calculated under a stated scale, for the evaluation, cataloguing and curation of artefacts uncovered during the operations; or
as far as circumstances permit, require the artefacts to be kept and preserved in the Queensland Museum.
A person must not contravene a condition of a permit.
Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —1,000 penalty units.
s 107 sub 2003 No. 32 s 17
amd 2007 No. 50 s 3 sch
(sec.107-ssec.1) If the chief executive is satisfied the application should be approved, the chief executive must— approve the application, with or without conditions; and within 10 business days after approving the application, give the applicant a permit to enter the protected area.
(sec.107-ssec.2) The permit applies for the period stated in it.
(sec.107-ssec.3) The conditions may, for example— require that operations after entry be supervised by a person with appropriate qualifications and experience stated in the condition; or require that the operations after entry be carried out as required by stated professional standards; or make provision for the way in which artefacts of possible cultural heritage significance uncovered in the course of the operations must be dealt with; or require the holder of the permit to pay stated fees, or fees calculated under a stated scale, for the evaluation, cataloguing and curation of artefacts uncovered during the operations; or as far as circumstances permit, require the artefacts to be kept and preserved in the Queensland Museum.
(sec.107-ssec.4) A person must not contravene a condition of a permit. Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —1,000 penalty units.
- (a) approve the application, with or without conditions; and
- (b) within 10 business days after approving the application, give the applicant a permit to enter the protected area.
- (a) require that operations after entry be supervised by a person with appropriate qualifications and experience stated in the condition; or
- (b) require that the operations after entry be carried out as required by stated professional standards; or
- (c) make provision for the way in which artefacts of possible cultural heritage significance uncovered in the course of the operations must be dealt with; or
- (d) require the holder of the permit to pay stated fees, or fees calculated under a stated scale, for the evaluation, cataloguing and curation of artefacts uncovered during the operations; or
- (e) as far as circumstances permit, require the artefacts to be kept and preserved in the Queensland Museum.