sec.53Roles and responsibilities for carrying out cultural heritage study

sec.53 Roles and responsibilities for carrying out cultural heritage study

Any person, including the Minister, may be the sponsor for a cultural heritage study. However— Torres Strait Islander parties are responsible for assessing the level of significance of areas and objects included in the study area that are or appear to be significant Torres Strait Islander areas and significant Torres Strait Islander objects; and if the findings of a cultural heritage study are to be included in the register, the study must be carried out, and its findings put in written form, in the way this part requires. (sec.53-ssec.1) Any person, including the Minister, may be the sponsor for a cultural heritage study. (sec.53-ssec.2) However— Torres Strait Islander parties are responsible for assessing the level of significance of areas and objects included in the study area that are or appear to be significant Torres Strait Islander areas and significant Torres Strait Islander objects; and if the findings of a cultural heritage study are to be included in the register, the study must be carried out, and its findings put in written form, in the way this part requires.

• (a) Torres Strait Islander parties are responsible for assessing the level of significance of areas and objects included in the study area that are or appear to be significant Torres Strait Islander areas and significant Torres Strait Islander objects; and
• (b) if the findings of a cultural heritage study are to be included in the register, the study must be carried out, and its findings put in written form, in the way this part requires.