{"id":"F2009B00098","name":"Proclamation - Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 - New South Wales","slug":"proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-new-south-wales","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":121379,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009B00098-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation - Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 - New South Wales","content":"PROCLAMATION\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nZELMAN COWEN,\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia\n\nWHEREAS it is provided by section 2 of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 that that Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent but shall not apply in relation to waters (including waters above the continental shelf) adjacent to the coast of a State until a Proclamation has been made declaring that that Act applies in relation to waters adjacent to the coast of that State:\n\nNOW THEREFORE I, Sir Zelman Cowen, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby declare that the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 applies in relation to waters adjacent to the coast of the State of New South Wales.\n\nGIVEN under my Hand and the Great Seal of Australia on 29 March 1979\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nR. J. ELLICOTT\n\nMinister of State for Home Affairs\n\nGOD SAVE THE QUEEN!","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2193},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Proclamation implements the original scope of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976, which was always intended to apply to state waters via proclamation. It does not expand or alter the substantive scope of the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause","No defined terms section","No conditional logic or exceptions","Only references one section of the principal Act (section 2)","Extremely short (under 200 words)"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is the official 'switch-on' button that made the **Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976** apply to New South Wales waters.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The main *Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976* is a federal law that protects old shipwrecks and any artifacts found in them.\n- When the Act was first passed, it didn't automatically cover coastal waters of the states. It needed a separate Proclamation (official announcement) for each state.\n- This Proclamation extends the federal shipwreck protection laws to waters adjacent to the NSW coast.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nBefore this document, historic shipwrecks in NSW waters weren't protected by this federal law. After this Proclamation took effect, it became illegal to damage, disturb, or remove artifacts from protected shipwrecks in NSW coastal waters without a permit."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-new-south-wales","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-new-south-wales/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-new-south-wales/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-new-south-wales/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-new-south-wales/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-new-south-wales/documents"}}