Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY ACT 1973 - SECT 4

4 .         Maritime archaeological sites

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act — 

            (a)         any area in which the remains of a ship, which in the opinion of the Director may have been a historic ship, are known to be located;

            (b)         any area in which any relic is known to be located, or where in the opinion of the Director unrecovered relics associated with a ship which may have been a historic ship are likely to be located; and

            (c)         any structure, campsite, fortification or other location of historic interest that, in the opinion of the Director, is associated with, and was occupied or used by, persons presumed to have been in a historic ship,

                shall be a maritime archaeological site.

        (2)         A maritime archaeological site may be situated below low water mark, on or between the tide marks, or on land, or partly in one place and partly in another.