An Act relating to the Protection of Certain Shipwrecks and Relics of Historic Significance
Citation
No. 190 of 1976
Territorial extent
States and territories of Australia
Enacted by
Parliament of Australia
Enacted
15 December 1976
Repealed
24 August 2018
Repealed by
Underwater Cultural Heritage (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018
Status: Repealed
The Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 was an Act of the Parliament of Australia which legally protected historic shipwrecks and any relics or artefacts from those wrecks.[1]
^"Historic shipwrecks laws". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
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