67Power of the Executive Director to direct excavation or examination of place

67 Power of the Executive Director to direct excavation or examination of place (1) The Executive Director may direct the excavation or examination of a registered archaeological place and the removal of archaeological artefacts from it to a place of safe storage. (2) A person must not knowingly obstruct, hinder or otherwise interfere with an excavation or examination being conducted in accordance with subsection (1). Part 4—Underwater cultural heritage Division 1—Provisional registration 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.