Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975
16Honorary wardens
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16 Honorary wardens
(1) *[Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*The Secretary of the Department may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, appoint persons as honorary wardens to assist authorized officers in the execution of this Act.
(2) A person appointed as an honorary warden under subsection (1) may, subject to subsection (3) , be so appointed in respect of a specified protected site.
(3) No person shall be appointed as an honorary warden under subsection (1) in respect of a specified protected site not on Crown land unless the owner and occupier of the site consent, in writing, to the appointment.
(4) An honorary warden appointed under this section in respect of a particular protected site shall not exercise the powers conferred on him under this Act otherwise than in respect of that site.