Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995
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90B Authorised officers
[Section 90B Inserted by No. 36 of 2019, s. 15, Applied:08 Oct 2019]
(1) The Heritage Council may appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee to be an authorised officer for the purpose of this Act and that officer or employee may hold that office in conjunction with State Service employment.
(2) An authorised officer may, if reasonably required for a purpose connected with the administration or enforcement of this Act, enter and inspect any place if –
(a) the occupier of the place consents to the officer's entry; or
(b) the entry is made under a warrant issued under section 90C ; or
(c) the place is a public place and the entry occurs when the place is open to the public.
(3) An authorised officer may, if reasonably required for a purpose connected with the administration or enforcement of this Act –
(a) take photographs, films or audio, video or other recordings; or
(b) examine or test any air or thing from a place or require the thing to be examined or tested or provided to the officer for examination or testing.
(4) An authorised officer may require a person to provide to the officer a document, or a copy of a document, in the possession of the person, if the document is reasonably required for a purpose connected with the administration or enforcement of this Act.
(5) The documents that a person may be required under subsection (4) to provide include, but are not limited to including, a document in writing that reproduces in a comprehensible form information in the possession of the person that is stored by an electronic device, object or process.
(6) An authorised officer may examine, copy or take extracts from a document provided in accordance with a requirement imposed under subsection (5) or found in the conduct of a search under this Act.
(7) An authorised officer may require a person to provide information to the officer that is reasonably required for a purpose connected with the administration or enforcement of this Act.