Notice of location of historic shipwrecks and relics
9 Notice of location of historic shipwrecks and relics
If—
a person has possession, custody or control of an article; and
a notice applying in respect of the article is published in the Gazette under section 5 or 6, the person must, within thirty days after the date of publication of the notice in the Gazette, give the prescribed notice to the Minister in relation to the article. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $10 000.
If an article in respect of which a notice published in the Gazette under section 5 or 6 applies comes into the possession, custody or control of a person, the person must, within thirty days after the day on which the article comes into the person's possession, custody or control, give the prescribed notice to the Minister in relation to the article. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $10 000.
It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) or (2) in relation to an article in respect of which a notice was published in the Gazette under section 5 or 6 if the person proves that the person did not know, and had no reasonable grounds for believing, that the article was an article to which the notice related.
For the purposes of this section, the prescribed notice in relation to an article means a notice in writing describing the article and stating where the article is situated.
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