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Part 2Protection of historic shipwrecks and relics
16 Defences
It is a defence to a charge of an offence against section 13 or
15(5), or an offence against the regulations, if the act that constituted the offence was done for the purpose of—
(a)
saving human life; or
(b)
securing the safety of a ship (including a hovercraft or any similar craft) where the ship was endangered by stress of weather or by navigational hazards; or
(c)
dealing with an emergency involving a serious threat to the environment, or was done with any other reasonable excuse.
Regulations
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
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