Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 73(1) substituted by No. 5/2023 s. 55(1).
(1) A person must not remove any registered shipwreck, historic shipwreck, registered shipwreck artefact or historic shipwreck artefact from the State otherwise than in accordance with—
(a) an action required under section 72; or
(b) any terms and conditions of a permit issued by the Executive Director under section 77.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 240 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 480 penalty units.
S. 73(2) amended by No. 5/2023 s. 55(2).
(2) An item removed from the State other than in accordance with an action required under section 72 or a permit issued by the Executive Director under section 77 is forfeited to the Crown.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person did not know, and had no reasonable grounds for believing, that the item was a registered shipwreck, historic shipwreck, registered shipwreck artefact or historic shipwreck artefact.
(4) In this section, a reference to an item being removed from the State includes a reference to an item being removed from Victorian coastal waters, but does not include a reference to an item being removed directly from Victorian coastal waters to the State.