Prohibition of certain action in relation to historic shipwrecks and relics
13 Prohibition of certain action in relation to historic shipwrecks and relics
Except in accordance with a permit, a person must not—
damage or destroy a historic shipwreck or a historic relic;
or
interfere with a historic shipwreck or a historic relic;
or
dispose of a historic shipwreck or a historic relic;
or
remove a historic shipwreck or a historic relic from the territorial waters of the State. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 4 years, or both.
A reference in subsection (1) to the removal of a historic shipwreck or a historic relic from the territorial waters of the State includes a reference to the removal of a historic shipwreck or a historic relic from the surface or subsoil of land submerged by those waters or from a reef in those waters.
In this section—
historic shipwreck includes a part of a historic shipwreck.
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