(1) Any officer of the
Department, or any honorary warden, may, together with any person he may think
competent to assist him, enter any premises, other than premises used
exclusively as a private dwelling, and may therein or thereon —
(a)
examine any Aboriginal site or any place or object that he has reasonable
grounds for believing to have been traditionally or currently of sacred,
ritual or ceremonial significance to persons of Aboriginal descent; and
(b) make
such examination and inquiry and tests, and ask such questions, and request
such information as he considers necessary or desirable,
to the extent required
for the purposes of this Act.
(2) In the exercise of
his powers under subsection (1) an officer of the Department, or an honorary
warden, shall conform so far as is practicable to such reasonable requirements
of the person owning or using the premises in question as are necessary to
prevent the working of the business or the conduct of operations on the
premises being obstructed.
(3) The occupier of
any premises and any person in charge or apparently in charge of any premises
or operations shall furnish to any officer of the Department, or any honorary
warden duly authorised, all reasonable assistance and all such information
that he is capable of furnishing or as required by that officer or honorary
warden with respect to the exercise of his powers and the discharge of his
duties under this Act.
[Section 51 amended: No. 24 of 1995 s. 45.]