Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Where an object
that is classified as Aboriginal cultural material is offered for sale to the
Minister but the Minister is unable to accept the offer, the Minister may,
before advising the person by whom it was offered to the Minister that he does
not wish to purchase it, cause to be published in the Gazette a notice
containing particulars of the object and of its significance and a statement
to the effect that offers for the purchase of the object with a view to its
preservation in the State, on conditions prescribed in the notice, are
invited.
(2) Where pursuant to
a notice published under the provisions of subsection (1) the Minister is
satisfied that an offer to purchase would be in the general interest of the
community the Minister may accept the offer made by the person who offered the
object for sale as agents for, and conditional upon the completion of the sale
by, the prospective purchaser.
[Section 45 amended: No. 24 of 1995 s. 39.]