Types of assessment
74 Types of assessment
An assessment must consist of a desktop assessment.
An assessment may also consist of—
a standard assessment; or
a complex assessment; or
a standard assessment and a complex assessment.
For the purposes of section 74B of the Act, a desktop assessment of an agreement area must include research into information relating to Aboriginal cultural heritage in or associated with the agreement area, including the following—
a search of the Register for information relating to the agreement area;
an identification and determination of the geographic region of which the agreement area forms a part that is relevant to the Aboriginal cultural heritage that may be present in the agreement area;
a review of reports and published works about Aboriginal cultural heritage in the geographic region referred to in paragraph (b);
a review of historical and ethno‑historical accounts of Aboriginal occupation of the geographic region referred to in paragraph (b);
a review of the landforms or geomorphology of the agreement area;
a review of the history of the use of the agreement area.
A desktop, standard or complex assessment may include the collection and review of oral history relating to the agreement area.
A standard assessment of an agreement area under this regulation is the same as a standard assessment of an activity area under regulation 63.
A complex assessment of an agreement area under this regulation is the same as a complex assessment of an activity area under regulation 65.
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