South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts20—Power of Minister to vest property in historic shipwrecks and relics
in the Crown
(1) If the Minister is
of the opinion that it is necessary to do so in order to protect the public
interest, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare any
historic shipwreck or historic relic to be vested in the Crown.
(2) On the publication
of a notice under subsection (1), the ownership of the historic shipwreck
or historic relic vests in the Crown free of any other interest.
(3) No notice may be
published under subsection (1) in respect of a historic shipwreck or
historic relic lawfully in the possession of a person at the commencement of
this Act.
(4) A person who
would, but for the publication of a notice under this section, have been
entitled to a historic shipwreck or historic relic, or to any interest in a
historic shipwreck or historic relic, may, within six months of the
publication of the notice, claim compensation for the loss by action against
the Crown in the Land and Valuation Court.
(5) On a claim under
subsection (4), the Land and Valuation Court may award such compensation
against the Crown as it considers just.