Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984

A declaration under this Division:

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

comes into operation on the day after the day of its registration under the Legislation Act 2003 or such later date as is specified in the declaration.

As soon as practicable after making a declaration under this Division, the Minister shall:

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

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.

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