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HERITAGE ACT 2017 - SECT 68

Determination of provisional registration

    (1)     The Executive Director, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may determine a place appearing to be a shipwreck, or an object appearing to be a shipwreck artefact, to be provisionally included in the Heritage Register as a registered shipwreck or registered shipwreck artefact if—

        (a)     the place or object is situated in Victorian waters; and

        (b)     the Executive Director considers that the place or object may be of State-level cultural heritage significance.

    (2)     The Executive Director, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may determine a place situated underwater appearing to be an archaeological site, or an object situated underwater appearing to be associated with an archaeological site, to be provisionally included in the Heritage Register as a registered archaeological place or a registered archaeological artefact if—

        (a)     the place or object is situated in Victorian waters; and

        (b)     the Executive Director considers that the place or object may be of State-level cultural heritage significance.

    (3)     On publication of a notice under subsection (1) or (2), the place or object is provisionally included in the Heritage Register in the category or categories determined by the Executive Director and specified in the notice.

    (4)     As soon as practicable after the notice is published, notice must also be published in a newspaper circulating generally in the area in which the item is situated.



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