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ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 95A 24-hour stop orders

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 95A

24-hour stop orders

    (1)     An authorised officer or an Aboriginal heritage officer may issue a 24-hour stop order to a person if—

        (a)     the person is carrying out, or proposes to carry out, an act; and

        (b)     the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the carrying out of the act is harming, or is likely to harm, Aboriginal cultural heritage; and

        (c)     the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the Aboriginal cultural heritage could not be properly protected unless a 24-hour stop order is issued.

    (2)     An authorised officer or an Aboriginal heritage officer must not issue a 24-hour stop order to a person in relation to an act that is being carried out or is proposed to be carried out in accordance with any of the following—

        (a)     a cultural heritage permit; or

        (b)     an approved cultural heritage management plan; or

        (c)     an Aboriginal cultural heritage land management agreement.

    (3)     A 24-hour stop order must be in the approved form.

    (4)     A 24-hour stop order issued to a person may—

        (a)     require the person to stop immediately the act specified in the order; or

        (b)     prohibit the person from doing the act specified in the order.

    (5)     A 24-hour stop order must be delivered to the person to whom it applies—

        (a)     in person; or

        (b)     if it is not reasonably practicable to deliver it in person, by affixing it to a prominent position at the place where the act is being carried out or is to be carried out; or

        (c)     if the person is a body corporate, by giving it to the person apparently supervising or in charge of the act to which the order relates.

    (6)     An authorised officer or an Aboriginal heritage officer may enter any land or premises at any time for the purpose of delivering a 24-hour stop order in accordance with this section.

    (7)     A 24-hour stop order operates from the time it is issued for a period of 24 hours.

    (8)     An authorised officer or an Aboriginal heritage officer must not issue consecutive 24-hour stop orders to a person in relation to the same act.

S. 95B inserted by No. 11/2016 s. 70.