HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1981 - SECT 9
HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1981 - SECT 9
9—Notice of location of historic shipwrecks and relics
(a) a
person has possession, custody or control of an article; and
(b) a
notice applying in respect of the article is published in the Gazette under
section 5 or 6,
the person must, within thirty days after the date of publication of the
notice in the Gazette, give the prescribed notice to the Minister in relation
to the article.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) If an article in
respect of which a notice published in the Gazette under section 5 or 6
applies comes into the possession, custody or control of a person, the person
must, within thirty days after the day on which the article comes into the
person's possession, custody or control, give the prescribed notice to the
Minister in relation to the article.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(3) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence against subsection (1) or (2) in relation to an
article in respect of which a notice was published in the Gazette under
section 5 or 6 if the person proves that the person did not know, and had
no reasonable grounds for believing, that the article was an article to which
the notice related.
(4) For the purposes
of this section, the prescribed notice in relation to an article means a
notice in writing describing the article and stating where the article is
situated.