HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1981 - SECT 6

HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1981 - SECT 6

6—Provisional declaration that shipwrecks and relics are historic

        (1)         If it appears to the Minister that an article or articles appearing to be the remains of a ship situated in, or removed from, territorial waters of the State may be of historic significance, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, provisionally declare the article or articles to be a historic shipwreck.

        (2)         If it appears to the Minister that an article, or particular articles, situated in or removed from territorial waters of the State—

            (a)         may have been associated with a ship; and

            (b)         may be of historic significance,

the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, provisionally declare the article or articles to be a historic relic or historic relics.

        (3)         Subject to this Act, a declaration under this Act continues to apply to remains or an article despite the removal of the remains or article from the territorial waters of the State after the making of the declaration.

        (5)         A notice under this section remains in force, unless sooner revoked, until the expiration of twelve months from the date of publication of the notice in the Gazette, but the revocation or expiration of a notice under this section does not prevent the publication in the Gazette of a further notice under this section in relation to an article or articles to which the revoked or expired notice applied.

        (6)         This section does not apply to or in relation to—

            (a)         the remains of a ship that are a historic shipwreck by virtue of section 4A(1)(a)(i) or  4A(1)(b)(i); or

            (b)         an article that is a historic relic by virtue of section 4A(2)(a)(i) or 4A(2)(b)(i).