Victorian Numbered Acts

HERITAGE ACT 2017 (NO. 7 OF 2017) - SECT 130

    (1)     The Executive Director may recommend to the Heritage Council that a place be approved as a site of archaeological value if, in the Executive Director's opinion, the place—

        (a)     is situated in the State; and

        (b)     contains an artefact, deposit or feature which is less than 75 years old; and

        (c)     provides information of past activity in the State; and

        (d)     requires archaeological methods to reveal information about the settlement, development or use of the place; and

        (e)     is not associated only with Aboriginal occupation of the place; and

        (f)     has archaeological value.

    (2)     The Heritage Council must determine criteria for assessing whether a place has archaeological value for the purposes of subsection (1)(f).