Review of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 and consideration of the requirements arising from the UNESCO 2001 Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage - Discussion paper
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, May 2009
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The purpose of this Discussion Paper is to encourage input from individuals, businesses and organisations into this review of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 (the Act). It provides:
- an explanation of the key provisions of the Act;
- a summary of how the provisions have been implemented since the Act came into force in 1977;
- information regarding the UNESCO 2001 Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (the Underwater Cultural Heritage Convention); and
- a selection of key questions regarding the operation of the Act and consideration of the Underwater Cultural Heritage Convention to help stimulate discussion as part of the review
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