Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage (Interim Protection) Act 1984 No. 79 of 1984 - SECT 14

14. (1) A declaration under this Division-

   (a)  shall be published in the Gazette and in a local newspaper, if any,
        circulating in any region concerned; and

   (b)  comes into operation on the date of publication in the Gazette or such
        later date as is specified in the declaration.

(2) As soon as practicable after making a declaration under this Division, the
Minister shall-

   (a)  take reasonable steps to give notice, in writing, of the declaration
        to persons likely to be substantially affected by the declaration; and

   (b)  in the case of a declaration in relation to an area-serve a copy of
        the declaration on the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies and,
        if the Institute maintains a register of significant Aboriginal areas,
        it shall enter the area in the register.

(3) Any failure to publish a declaration in a newspaper or failure to comply
with sub-section (2) does not affect the validity of a declaration.