HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1981 - SECT 16
HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1981 - SECT 16
It is a defence to a charge of an offence against section 13 or 15(5), or an
offence against the regulations, if the act that constituted the offence was
done for the purpose of—
(a)
saving human life; or
(b)
securing the safety of a ship (including a hovercraft or any similar craft)
where the ship was endangered by stress of weather or by navigational hazards;
or
(c)
dealing with an emergency involving a serious threat to the environment,
or was done with any other reasonable excuse.