- Self-determination and free, prior and informed consent underpin Victoria’s CHMP system.
- RAPs, as Traditional Owner representative organisations, are the primary CHMP decision-makers.
- The principal objective of the CHMP system is to protect and manage Aboriginal heritage by avoiding harm.
- The CHMP process supports appropriate investment, land use and development consistent with planning policy and the State Government’s strategic objectives.
- Heritage Advisors play the lead role designing the method and approach to heritage work and producing reports of high quality to adequately inform RAPs when considering a CHMP for approval.
- All parties will act in good faith with each other throughout the CHMP process and make use of dispute resolution processes before escalating matters to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) or the courts, where appropriate.
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