Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The property in
and right to possession of all historic ships and maritime archaeological
sites is vested in the Museum on behalf of the Crown.
(2) Subject to
section 21, and unless the object in question —
(a) is
an object taken or recovered from a ship mentioned in the First Schedule in
relation to which due notice was given to the Director under the provisions of
section 20C of the Museum Act 1959 2 , or of section 42
of the Museum Act 1969 , and in respect of the disposal of which the
written permission of the Trustees has been given; or
(b) is
an object taken or recovered before 18 December 1964 from a ship
mentioned in the Second Schedule,
and was immediately
prior to the coming into operation of this Act in the lawful possession
of a person, the property in and right to possession of all relics derived
from or associated with a historic ship is vested in the Museum on behalf of
the Crown.
(3) Subject to
section 21, the property in and right to possession of any object which,
in the opinion of the Director, was abandoned in the State before the year
1900 and derives from or was associated with any ship, whether or not a
historic ship within the meaning of this Act, and which was not, immediately
prior to the coming into operation of this Act, in the lawful possession of a
person, is vested in the Museum on behalf of the Crown.
(4) Where the Trustees
are satisfied that relics were recovered from a historic ship before
18 December 1964, and particulars of that historic ship do not appear in
the Second Schedule, the Governor, on the recommendation of the Trustees, may
by Order in Council, notice of which shall be published in the Gazette , add
the particulars of that historic ship to the Second Schedule and thereupon
that schedule as thereby amended shall be deemed to have been so enacted in
this Act.