South Australian Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1988 - SECT 25

25—Directions by inspector restricting access to sites, objects or remains

        (1)         Where an inspector is satisfied that urgent action is necessary for the protection or preservation of—

            (a)         an Aboriginal site, object or remains; or

            (b)         a site, object or remains that the inspector has reason to believe may be an Aboriginal site, object or remains,

the inspector may give directions prohibiting or restricting—

            (c)         access to the site, or an area surrounding the site, or to the object or remains;

            (d)         activities on or in relation to the site or an area surrounding the site or in relation to the object or remains.

        (2)         Directions may be given under this section—

            (a)         if limited in their application to a particular person or persons—by notice in writing to that person or those persons; or

            (b)         if of general application—by the erection of signs in the vicinity of the site, area, object or remains to which the directions relate.

        (3)         A notice under subsection (2)(a) must set out the penalty for contravening or failing to comply with a direction.

        (4)         Where an inspector gives any directions under this section, the inspector must forthwith report the matter to the Minister.

        (5)         Any directions given under this section cease to have effect on revocation by the Minister, or, in any event, on the expiration of 10 working days after the day on which they were given.

        (6)         This section does not apply to Aboriginal objects or remains that are in a public or private collection.