Underwater Cultural Heritage Commencement Proclamation 2019
I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 1 of the table in subsection 2(1) of the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018, fix 1 July 2019 as the day on which the whole of that Act commences.
Signed and Sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia on
07 March 2019
Peter Cosgrove
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Melissa Price
Minister for the Environment