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Chapter 5
Inspections
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Powers of Minister in respect of inspections
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189. (1) The Minister may inspect or cause to be inspected—
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(a) a relevant thing of a relevant interest or a relevant thing that the Minister reasonably believes may be of such interest,
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(b) a site where the Minister reasonably believes that a relevant thing referred to in paragraph (a) may be situated or may once have been situated,
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(c) a site where a licensable activity (and whether or not a licence has in fact been granted for such activity) is being carried out,
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(d) a site where a licensable activity (and whether or not a licence has in fact been granted for such activity) has been carried out, or
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(e) any other site on land that the Minister reasonably believes ought to be inspected for purposes relating to the protection, investigation or recording of archaeological objects or architectural heritage or historic objects.
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(2) In this section, “inspect” includes—
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(a) the carrying out or undertaking of archaeological excavation,
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(b) any other form of investigation or recording as may be reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances of a particular inspection, and
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(c) the examination of any archaeological object or historic object in the site inspected or which was found or identified in that site.
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