Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975
15Wardens
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 15
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975.
15 Wardens
(1) [Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] [Section 15 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 29 of 1984, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]**[Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 15 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 18 of 2017, s. 13, Applied:16 Aug 2017] The Secretary of the Department may appoint to be a warden for the purposes of this Act a State Service officer, or State Service employee, who is employed in the Department, and the State Service officer or State Service employee may hold that office in conjunction with State Service employment.
(1A) [Section 15 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 29 of 1984, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]**[Section 15 Subsection (1A) amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 15 Subsection (1A) substituted by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] [Section 15 Subsection (1A) substituted by No. 18 of 2017, s. 13, Applied:16 Aug 2017] The Secretary of the Department, with the consent of the Head of another State Service Agency, may appoint to be a warden for the purposes of this Act a State Service officer, or State Service employee, who is employed in that Agency, and the State Service officer or State Service employee may hold that office in conjunction with State Service employment.
(2) [Section 15 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2017, s. 13, Applied:16 Aug 2017] A person appointed as a warden under subsection (1) or (1A) may be so appointed in respect of a specified protected site.
(3) A warden appointed under this section in respect of a particular protected site shall not exercise the powers of a warden conferred on him under this Act otherwise than in respect of that site.