Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection (Wahluu Mount Panorama Site) Declaration 2021 (Cth)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection (Wahluu Mount Panorama Site) Declaration 2021 _________________________________________________________________

I, SUSSAN LEY, Minister for the Environment, make the following declaration under subsection 10(1) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984.

Dated 30th April 2021

SUSSAN LEY

Minister for the Environment _________________________________________________________________

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions

Part 1 - Preliminary matters 1. Name This instrument is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection (Wahluu Mount Panorama Site) Declaration 2021. 2. Commencement This instrument commences on 5 May 2021. 3. Authority This instrument is made under section 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984. 4. Definitions Act means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth). Bulk earthworks means the excavation or other movement of large quantities of soil or rock with the intent or effect of changing the level or elevation of an area of land. Clearing of vegetation means the removal by any means of groups of trees, shrubs or other vegetation for the purpose of establishing a cleared area, but does not include targeted maintenance or removal of individual plants. Declared area means the area described in Part 2, section 5 of this instrument.

Part 2 - Declaration of an area as a significant Aboriginal area to be preserved and protected from injury or desecration. 5. Declared area For the purposes of subsection 10(1) of the Act, the specified area to which this declaration applies is an area on Wahluu / Mount Panorama in Bathurst in New South Wales, indicated as the "declared area" in the map below.