Australian Capital Territory
Heritage (Representative Aboriginal Organisations) Invitation for Expressions of Interest 2006 (No 1)
Notifiable instrument NI2006–61
made under the  
Heritage Act 2004,s14 (representative Aboriginal organisation)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is Heritage (Representative Aboriginal Organisations) Invitation for Expressions of Interest 2006 (No 1).
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences the day after notification 
3	Invitation for expressions of interest
Under section 14 (5) of the Heritage Act 2004 (“the Act”), I invite expressions of interest from entities willing to be declared to be representative Aboriginal organisations under section 15 (7) of the Act.
Expressions of interest must be in writing and should be forwarded to:

ACT Government: representative Aboriginal organisations
GPO Box 158
Canberra City2601
By 6 March 2006.
4	Expressions of interest should include:
•	name and day-time contact details of the entity;
•	details of the membership of the entity; and 
•	an explanation of why the entity should be considered for declaration as a representative Aboriginal organisation.

5	Scope of consultation
Under the Act, representative Aboriginal organisations fulfill an important role in the identification and management of Aboriginal cultural heritage places and objects in the ACT.  

These organisations are consulted about:

•	the development of heritage guidelines relating to Aboriginal cultural heritage places and objects;
•	Heritage Council decisions about provisional registration of Aboriginal places and objects
•	Heritage Council decisions about cancellation of registration of Aboriginal heritage places and objects
•	the heritage significance of Aboriginal cultural heritage places and objects
•	Heritage Council decisions about restricted information regarding Aboriginal cultural heritage places and objects
•	the Minister's decision about declaring a repository for Territory-owned Aboriginal cultural heritage objects
•	the impacts of proposed development on Aboriginal heritage places and objects

There is no provision for organisations to be renumerated for consultation under the Act.

Jon Stanhope MLA
Minister for Arts, Heritage and Indigenous Affairs
20 February 2006