Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1976 - SECT 19

             (1)  The Governor‑General may make arrangements with the Governor of a State or the Administrator of the Northern Territory for the performance of functions by a competent authority of the State or of the Northern Territory in relation to the protection, recovery, preservation and exhibition of historic shipwrecks and historic relics.

             (2)  Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Governor‑General may make arrangements with the Governor of Western Australia for the performance by The Western Australian Museum of functions in relation to the protection, recovery, preservation and exhibition of Dutch shipwrecks and Dutch relics.