ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 180 Authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer may require giving of name and address

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 180

S. 180(1) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 121(2).

    (1)     This section applies if an authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer reasonably suspects that a person has committed, or is committing, an offence against this Act.

S. 180(2) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 121(3).

    (2)     If the person is a natural person, the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer may require the person to give to the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer the person's full name and the address of the person's usual place of residence.

S. 180(3) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 121(4).

    (3)     If the person is a body corporate, the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer may require the person to give to the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer the name under which the person carries on business and the address of the person's usual place of business.

S. 180(4) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 121(5).

    (4)     When requiring a person to give the information referred to in subsections (2) and (3), the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer must—

S. 180(4)(a) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 121(6).

        (a)     inform the person of the grounds for the authorised officer's or Aboriginal heritage officer's suspicion in sufficient detail to allow the person to understand the nature of the offence or suspected offence; and

        (b)     warn the person that it is an offence to refuse or fail to comply with the requirement without a reasonable excuse.

    (5)     A person must not refuse or fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement made under subsection (2) or (3).

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 10 penalty units;

In the case of a body corporate, 50 penalty units.

S. 181 (Heading) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 122(1).