Historic Shipwrecks Regulations
Statutory Rules 1978 No. 93 as amended
made under the
Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976
This compilation was prepared on 11 January 2001
taking into account amendments up to SR 1990 No. 115
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents
Page
	1	Citation [see Note 1]	3
	2	Interpretation	3
	3	Prescribed fee for the purposes of subsection 12 (3) of the Act	3
	4	Prohibition of certain activities in protected zones generally	3
	4A	Prescribed amount for the purposes of subsection 18 (1) of the Act	4
	5	Identity card	4
Schedule	Inspector’s Identity Card No.	5
Notes	6

  
  
1	Citation [see Note 1]
		These Regulations may be cited as the Historic Shipwrecks Regulations. 
2	Interpretation
		In these Regulations:
ship includes a hovercraft and any similar craft.
the Act means the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976.
3	Prescribed fee for the purposes of subsection 12 (3) of the Act
		For the purposes of subsection 12 (3) of the Act, the prescribed fee, on payment of which a person is entitled to be furnished with a copy of, or of any part of, the Register, is 50 cents per page of the copy.
4	Prohibition of certain activities in protected zones generally
	(1)	A person shall not do any of the following acts:
	(a)	bring into a protected zone equipment constructed or adapted for the purpose of diving, salvage or recovery operations, or any explosives, instruments or tools the use of which would be likely to damage or interfere with a historic shipwreck or a historic relic situated within that protected zone;
	(b)	use within a protected zone any such equipment, explosives, instruments or tools;
	(c)	cause a ship carrying any such equipment, explosives, instruments or tools to enter, or remain within, a protected zone;
	(d)	trawl, or dive or engage in any other underwater activity, within a protected zone;
	(e)	moor or use ships within a protected zone;
		except in accordance with a permit granted under subsection 15 (1) of the Act.
	(2)	A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes this regulation is guilty of an offence and is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for 1 year, or both.
4A	Prescribed amount for the purposes of subsection 18 (1) of the Act
		For the purposes of subsection 18 (1) of the Act the prescribed amount is $50,000.
5	Identity card
	(1)	An identity card required by subsection 22 (2) of the Act to be issued to each inspector appointed under subsection 22 (1) of the Act shall be substantially in accordance with the form in the Schedule.
	(2)	Each identity card issued under subsection 22 (2) shall be numbered consecutively.
	(3)	The Minister shall cause a record to be kept of each identity card issued and of its number.

Schedule	Inspector’s Identity Card No.
  
(regulation 5)
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 
Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 
(subsection 22 (2))
INSPECTOR’S IDENTITY CARD No.
	The person whose name, address, photograph and signature appear below is an inspector for the purposes of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976. 

Name	 	Photograph	
Address			
Signature			
Dated this	day of 	19       .

Minister of State for Home Affairs

Notes to the Historic Shipwrecks Regulations
Note 1
The Historic Shipwrecks Regulations (in force under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1978 No. 93 amended as indicated in the Tables below. 
Table of Statutory Rules
Year and 
number	Date of notification 
in Gazette	Date of
commencement	Application, saving or
transitional provisions	
1978 No. 93	27 June 1978	27 June 1978		
1979 No. 124	5 July 1979	5 July 1979	—	
1980 No. 391	31 Dec 1980	31 Dec 1980	—	
1983 No. 24	28 Feb 1983	28 Feb 1983	—	
1990 No. 115	5 June 1990	5 June 1990	— 	

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted	
Provision affected	How affected	
R. 2		am. 1983 No. 24; 1990 No. 115	
R. 4		am. 1979 No. 124; 1983 No. 24; 1990 No. 115	
Rr. 4AA, 4AB		ad. 1983 No. 24	
	rep. 1990 No. 115	
R. 4A		ad. 1980 No. 391