Where the Committee recommends to the Governor that an object or class of objects in the State is of Aboriginal origin and is ¾

(a) of sacred, ritual or ceremonial importance;

(b) of anthropological, archaeological, ethnographical or other special national or local interest; or

(c) of outstanding aesthetic value,

the Governor may, by Order in Council, declare that object or class of objects to be classified as Aboriginal cultural material.

[Section 40 amended by No. 24 of 1995 s. 34.]