295ACertain provisions of Part not applicable to historic wrecks

#### 295A Certain provisions of Part not applicable to historic wrecks (1) The provisions of sections 302 to 312 (inclusive), section 314 and Division 3 do not apply in relation to a wreck that is a historic wreck. (2) Where the provisions referred to in subsection (1) (in this subsection referred to as the relevant provisions) cease to apply in relation to a wreck by reason that it becomes a historic wreck, subsection 7(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 has effect, subject to the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976, in respect of any previous application of the relevant provisions in relation to that wreck as if the relevant provisions had been repealed by an Act with effect from the date on which they so cease to apply, but nothing in this subsection precludes the relevant provisions from again applying in relation to that wreck if it subsequently ceases to be a historic wreck.