Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY ACT 1973 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Maritime Archaeology Act 1973 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ^1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Maritime Archaeology Act 1973	66 of 1973	28 Nov 1973	7 Dec 1973 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 Dec 1973 p. 4479)
Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 s. 147	78 of 1995	16 Jan 1996	4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632)
Maritime Archaeology Amendment Act 1997	44 of 1997	9 Dec 1997	9 Dec 1997 (see s. 2)
Reprint 1: The Maritime Archaeology Act 1973 as at 3 Oct 2003 (includes amendments listed above)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 77 7	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80 and 82	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))
Criminal Investigation (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 Pt. 11	59 of 2006	16 Nov 2006	1 Jul 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Jun 2007 p. 2838)

Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 90	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 2: The Maritime Archaeology Act 1973 as at 21 May 2010 (includes amendments listed above)
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4	19 of 2010	28 Jun 2010	11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)

^1a On the date as at which this reprint was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in compiling the reprint. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 78 8	50 of 2003	9 Jul 2003	To be proclaimed (see s. 2)

² The Museum Act 1959 was repealed by the Museum Act 1969.

³ The Museum Act 1969 s. 42 was deleted by the Museum Act Amendment Act 1973 s. 9 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 Dec 1973 p. 4480).

⁴ Museum Act Amendment Act 1964 operative 18 Dec 1964 (see s. 2 and Gazette 18 Dec 1964 p. 4039). See also endnote 2.

⁵ Museum Act 1969 s. 42 operative 19 Dec 1969 (see s. 2 and Gazette 19 Dec 1969 p. 4197). See also endnote 3.

⁶ The Interpretation Act 1918 was repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984. Now see the Interpretation Act 1984 s. 42.

⁷ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

⁸ On the date as at which this reprint was prepared, the Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 78 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

78. Maritime Archaeology Act 1973 amended

(1) The amendments in this section are to the Maritime Archaeology Act 1973.

(2) Section 9(6) is amended by deleting the penalty clause and inserting the following penalty clause instead —

“ Penalty: $1 000. ”.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
ancient shipwreck 24(2)
Board 3
Director 3
historic ship 3
Museum 3
primary discoverer 24(2)
protected zone 3
relic 3
secondary discoverer 24(2)
section 3
ship 3
site 3
Trustees 3