Western Australian Consolidated Acts

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 -- Ships notified under Museums Acts
           Second Schedule -- Other ships from which relics are believed to have been recovered prior to 18 December 1964
           Third Schedule -- Register of discoverers of ancient shipwrecks
           Compilation table