Victorian Current Acts

HERITAGE ACT 2017 - SECT 79

Sections 73, 74, 75 or 76 or an offence against the underwater cultural heritage regulations do not apply if the act constituting the offence was done for the purposes of—

        (a)     saving human life; or

        (b)     securing the safety of a ship, if the ship was endangered by stress of weather or by navigational hazards; or

        (c)     dealing with an emergency involving a serious threat to the environment.