Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1)1
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986.
Dated 28 June 2001
WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
PETER McGAURAN
Minister for the Arts and the Centenary of Federation
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on gazettal.
3 Amendment of Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations 1987
Schedule 1 amends the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations 1987.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 1, item 9.2
substitute
9.2 An object is in this category if it is:
(a) an object of the kind mentioned in item 9.2A; or
(b) an object of the kind mentioned in item 9.3 that:
(i) is associated with a person, activity, event, place or business enterprise, notable in Australian history; and
(ii) is at least 30 years old; and
(iii) is not represented in at least 2 public collections in Australia by an object of equivalent quality.
[2] Schedule 1, after item 9.2
insert
9.2A Each piece of the suit of metal armour worn by Ned Kelly at the event known as the siege of Glenrowan in Victoria in 1880 is a Class A object for the Act.
Note Under the Act, a Class A object that is in Australia must not be exported from Australia. However, if a person intends to import temporarily a Class A object that is not in Australia, before exporting the object, the person may apply to the Minister for a certificate authorising the subsequent export of the object (see section 12 of the Act).
[3] Schedule 1, item 9.3
omit
Objects in this category are Class B objects for the Act,
insert
Objects in this category, except objects mentioned in item 9.2A, are Class B objects for the Act,
Notes
1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1987 No. 149, as amended by 1988 No. 194; 1990 Nos. 116, 293 and 350; 1991 No. 27; 1993 No. 215; 1996 No. 244; 1998 No. 367; 1999 No. 25.
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 July 2001.