MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY ACT 1973
MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY ACT 1973
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Terms used
4. Maritime archaeological sites
5. Act does not apply to specified sites or objects
6. Vesting of ships and sites
7. Compensation and prior vesting
8. Offences
9. Protected zones
10. Evidence
11. Seizure
12. Forfeiture
13. Court may order payment of value
14. Reward for information as to offences
15. Proceedings by Trustees relating to property
16. Limitation period for prosecutions
17. New finds
18. Rewards as to ships and relics found
19. Offences as to alleged finds
20. Trustees’ powers
21. Power of disposal
22. Certain property to be made available to Trustees
23. Regulations
24. Register of discoverers of ancient shipwrecks
FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE
THIRD SCHEDULE
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