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Fees (Underwater cultural heritage permits)

View the fees and fines payable under the Heritage Act 2017

Permit to enter protected zone – diving or snorkelling

An application to enter a protected zone to conduct any form of recreational diving or snorkelling.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(1)(a)
Fee: $16.33 per diver or snorkeller (1 fee unit per diver or snorkeller)

Permit to enter protected zone – diving or snorkelling, using moorings

An application to conduct any form of recreational diving or snorkelling that requires the use of moorings within that protected zone.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(1)(b)
Fee: $32.66 per diver or snorkeller (2 fee units per diver or snorkeller)

Permit to possess, dispose of, or remove

An application to possess, dispose of, or remove from Victoria any registered shipwreck, historic shipwreck, registered shipwreck artefact or historic registered shipwreck, historic shipwreck, registered shipwreck artefact or shipwreck historic artefact artefact.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(1)(c)
Fee: $244.95(15 fee units)

Permit for possession or use of s76 equipment, instruments or explosives

An application to possess or use equipment, instruments or explosives of a kind referred to in s 76 of the Heritage Act in a protected zone.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(2)(a)
Fee: $1079.41 (66.1 fee units)

Permit to disturb a shipwreck or artefact – less than 50%

An application to take, destroy, damage, remove, disturb or otherwise interfere with less than 50 per cent of any registered shipwreck, historic shipwreck, registered shipwreck artefact or historic shipwreck artefact.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(2)(b)
Fee: $1,079.41 (66.1 fee units)

Permit to disturb a shipwreck or artefact – more than 50%

An application to take, destroy, damage, remove, disturb or otherwise interfere with 50 per cent or more of any registered shipwreck, historic shipwreck, registered shipwreck artefact or historic shipwreck artefact.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(2)(c)
Fee: $1,079.41 (66.1 fee units)

Permit for use of shipwreck or artefact

An application for the use of any registered shipwreck, historic shipwreck, registered shipwreck artefact or historic shipwreck artefact.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(2)(d)
Fee: $130.64 (8 fee units)

Permit for protected zone – other underwater activity

An application to undertake any activity on or below land within a protected zone, or any other underwater activity in a protected zone.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(2)(e)
Fee: $1,633.00 (100 fee units)

Permit for protected zone – moorings

An application to enter a protected zone for any other purpose that requires the use of moorings within that protected zone.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(2)(f)
Fee: $1,079.41 (66.1 fee units)

Permit for protected zone – other

An application to enter a protected zone for any other purpose.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(2)(g)
Fee: $1,079.41 (66.1 fee units)

Permit to enter – one time

An application to enter a protected zone with or without the use of moorings in that protected zone –

  1. One time during a specific period; and
  2. To conduct any form or recreational diving or snorkelling; and

With a maximum of 10 divers or snorkellers plus any non-diving boat crew members at any one time.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(3)(a)
Fee: $130.64 (8 fee units)

Permit to enter - concession

An application to enter a protected zone with or without the use of moorings in that protected zone –

  1. Up to a maximum of 5 times during a period not exceeding 12 months; and
  2. To conduct any form or recreational diving or snorkelling; and

With a maximum of 12 divers or snorkellers plus any non-diving boat crew members at any one time.

Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulation: 18(3)(b)
Fee: $653.20 (40 fee units)

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