South Australian Current Acts

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1988 - SECT 20

20—Discovery of sites, objects or remains

        (1)         An owner or occupier of private land, or an employee or agent of such an owner or occupier, who discovers on the land—

            (a)         an Aboriginal site; or

            (b)         an Aboriginal object or remains,

must, as soon as practicable, report the discovery to the Minister giving particulars of the nature and location of the site, object or remains.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of a body corporate—$50 000;

            (b)         in any other case—$10 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.

        (2)         This section does not apply to the traditional owner of the site or object or to an employee or agent of the traditional owner.

        (3)         The Minister may direct a person making a report to take such immediate action for the protection or preservation of the remains as the Minister considers appropriate.

        (4)         A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a direction of the Minister under this section.

Maximum penalty: $2 000 or imprisonment for 3 months.