Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Regulations 2017 (Cth)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Regulations 2017

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 18 September 2017

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Josh Frydenberg

Minister for the Environment and Energy

Contents

Part 1Preliminary1Name

This instrument is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Regulations 2017.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	27 September 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984.

Part 2Matters prescribed for purposes of Act6Identity cards for authorized officers

1. (1)

   For the purposes of subsection 17(2) of the Act, the form in Schedule 1 is prescribed.

2. (2)

   For the purposes of paragraph 17(3)(b) of the Act, the following particulars of an identity card are prescribed:

   1. (a)

      the name of the authorized officer;

   2. (b)

      the identity card number;

   3. (c)

      the date that appears on the identity card.

7Prescribed authority

For the purposes of paragraph 21(1)(c) of the Act, the National Museum of Australia is a prescribed authority for safekeeping.

Schedule 1Form of identity card

Note: See subsection 6(1).

IDENTITY CARD NO.

I, (name of Minister or delegate of Minister), Minister for (title of Minister)(or delegate of Minister), hereby certify that (name and description of authorized officer), whose photograph appears on this card, is an authorized officer under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984.

Dated 20.

(Signature of Minister

or delegate of Minister)

Minister or

Delegate of Minister

Schedule 2—Repeals

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Regulations 1984

1

The whole of the Regulations

Repeal the Regulations.