21 Ownership of secret or sacred objects before the S. 21 Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 2016 (Heading) amended by No. 11/2016 (1) This section applies to an Aboriginal object that— s. 19(1). (a) is a secret or sacred object; and S. 21(1)(b) (b) is, immediately before the commencement of amended by this section, in the custody of a State entity, No. 11/2016 or, on or after that commencement but before s. 19(2). the commencement of section 20 of the Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 2016, comes into the custody of a State entity. (2) Aboriginal people who have a traditional or familial link with the object, if they are not already the owners of the object, become the owners— (a) if the object was in the custody of a State entity immediately before the commencement of this section, on that commencement; or (b) in any other case, when the object comes into the custody of a State entity. S. 21A 21A Ownership of secret or sacred objects after the inserted by Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 2016 No. 11/2016 s. 20. (1) This section applies to an Aboriginal object that is a secret or sacred object that— (a) is, on the commencement of this section, in the custody of a person (other than an Aboriginal person who is the rightful owner of the object) or, after that commencement, comes into the custody of that person; or (b) on or after the commencement of this section, comes into the custody of a State entity.
S. 21 (Heading) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 19(1). 21 Ownership of secret or sacred objects before the Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 2016 (1) This section applies to an Aboriginal object that— (a) is a secret or sacred object; and S. 21(1)(b) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 19(2). (b) is, immediately before the commencement of this section, in the custody of a State entity, or, on or after that commencement but before the commencement of section 20 of the Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 2016, comes into the custody of a State entity. (2) Aboriginal people who have a traditional or familial link with the object, if they are not already the owners of the object, become the owners— (a) if the object was in the custody of a State entity immediately before the commencement of this section, on that commencement; or (b) in any other case, when the object comes into the custody of a State entity. S. 21A inserted by No. 11/2016 s. 20. 21A Ownership of secret or sacred objects after the Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 2016 (1) This section applies to an Aboriginal object that is a secret or sacred object that— (a) is, on the commencement of this section, in the custody of a person (other than an Aboriginal person who is the rightful owner of the object) or, after that commencement, comes into the custody of that person; or (b) on or after the commencement of this section, comes into the custody of a State entity.
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