Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The property in or
right to possession of any ship, relic or other thing of historical interest
vested in the Museum on behalf of the Crown shall not be disposed of except in
accordance with section 21 and a contract or agreement which purports to
do so is void.
(2) Subject to
subsection (1), the Trustees may —
(a) pay
to a person, who at their request delivers to them any relic or thing of
historical interest, the expenses properly incurred by him in recovering and
obtaining possession of it;
(b)
enter into an agreement for the recovery or partial recovery of any ship,
relic, or thing of historical interest and expend such amount in that regard
as is properly payable, based on a rate determined by the Trustees prior to
the work of recovery being commenced;
(c) take
such steps as may be necessary or desirable to recover, preserve or display
any ship, relic or thing vested in the Museum; and
(d)
promote or supervise activities aimed at the discovery, recovery,
preservation, study and display of ships, relics and things to which this
Act applies,
and any such payment,
agreement or activity may be made subject to such prior conditions or
requirements as the Trustees think fit.