Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 181(1) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 122(2).
(1) An authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer who enters land or premises under this Division may—
S. 181(1)(a) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 122(3).
(a) require any person present on the land or premises to give the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer any assistance that the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer reasonably requires to exercise a power or perform a function or duty under this Act; and
S. 181(1)(b) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 122(4).
(b) require any person present on the land or premises to give the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer any information and produce any document that the authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer reasonably requires to ascertain whether this Act is being complied with.
S. 181(2) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 122(5).
(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement of an authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer under subsection (1).
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 10 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 50 penalty units.
(3) It is a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail to give information or produce a document or do any other thing that the person is required to do under this section if the giving of the information or document or the doing of the thing would tend to incriminate the person.
S. 181(4) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 122(6).
(4) At the time of requiring a person to do something under subsection (1), an authorised officer or Aboriginal heritage officer must advise the person that—
(a) unless the person has a reasonable excuse, it is an offence for the person to refuse or fail to comply with the requirement; and
(b) it is a reasonable excuse for the person to refuse or fail to give information or produce any document or do any other thing that the person is required to do under this section if the giving of the information or document or the doing of the thing would tend to incriminate the person.
S. 182 (Heading) amended by No. 11/2016 s. 123(1).