{"id":"F2009B00100","name":"Proclamation - Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 - Western Australia","slug":"proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-western-australia","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":121384,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009B00100-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation - Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 - Western Australia","content":"PROCLAMATION\n\nCommonwealth of\n\nAustralia\n\nJOHN R. KERR\n\nGovernor-General\n\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 John Robert Kerr, 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 Western Australia.\n\n(L.S.) GIVEN under my Hand and the Great Seal of Australia on 3 September 1977.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nPETER DURACK\n\nMinister of State for Veterans’ Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Administrative Services\n\nGOD SAVE THE QUEEN!","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1417},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Proclamation performs exactly the function contemplated by section 2 of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976, which explicitly requires a Proclamation for the Act to apply to waters adjacent to a State. The scope is unchanged from Parliament's original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause extending the parent Act to one jurisdiction","No defined terms within the instrument","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Document consists of a single declaratory sentence"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This Proclamation extends the *Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976* to cover waters off the coast of Western Australia.\n\n**Why it matters:** The Act protects historic shipwrecks and their artifacts from damage, interference, or looting. While the Act became law when it received Royal Assent, it only automatically applies to Commonwealth territories (like federal lands). For it to cover State waters—such as those off the Western Australian coast—the Governor-General must make a formal declaration. This document is that declaration.\n\n**Who it affects:** Anyone diving, fishing, or conducting activities in WA coastal waters where historic shipwrecks exist. It makes it an offense to damage, interfere with, or remove items from protected shipwrecks without a permit."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-western-australia","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-western-australia/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-western-australia/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-western-australia/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-western-australia/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-historic-shipwrecks-act-1976-western-australia/documents"}}