PROCLAMATION
Commonwealth of
Australia
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
I, SIR ZELMAN COWEN, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, for the purposes of sub-section 2 (1) of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976, hereby declare that that Act applies in relation to waters adjacent to the coast of the State of Victoria.
(L.S.) GIVEN under my hand and the Great Seal of Australia on 23 February 1982.
By His Excellency’s Command,
IAN WILSON
Minister of State for Home Affairs and Environment
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!