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ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 2006 (NO 16 OF 2006) - SECT 180

Inspector may require giving of name and address

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

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

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

    (4)     When requiring a person to give the information referred to in sub-sections (2) and (3), the inspector must—

        (a)     inform the person of the grounds for the inspector'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 sub-section (2) or (3).

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

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



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