HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1976
HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1976
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Preamble
PART I-PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Act to bind Crown
PART II-PROTECTION OF HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS AND RELICS
5. Certain shipwrecks and relics may be declared to be historic
6. Provisional declaration that shipwrecks and relics are historic
7. Protected zones
8. Further publication of notices
9. Notice of location of historic shipwrecks and relics
10. Power of Minister to ascertain location of historic shipwrecks
and
relics
11. Power of Minister to give directions in relation to custody,
&c.,
of historic shipwrecks and relics
12. Register of Historic Shipwrecks
13. Prohibition of certain action in relation to historic
shipwrecks
and relics
14. Regulations may prohibit certain activities in protected zone
15. Permits for exploration or recovery of shipwrecks and relics
16. Defences
17. Discovery of shipwrecks and relics to be notified
18. Rewards
PART III-MISCELLANEOUS
19. Arrangements for State authorities to perform functions in
relation to historic shipwrecks and relics
20. Declaration as to ownership of remains of ships or relics
21. Compensation
22. Appointment of inspectors
23. Powers of inspectors
24. Arrest without warrant
25. Seizure and forfeiture
26. Prosecution of offences
27. Jurisdiction of courts
28. Operation of Act
29. Certificate by Minister to be evidence
30. Delegation
31. Notices
32. Regulations
SCHEDULE 1
Agreement Between the Netherlands and Australia Concerning Old Dutch Shipwrecks
SCHEDULE 2
Dutch Shipwrecks off the Coast of Western Australia