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Salvage payments
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134. (1) (a) A person shall not be entitled to a salvage payment in respect of any of the objects specified in subsection (2) for the purposes of this subsection except an entitlement to a salvage payment that arises from a contract for salvage the provisions of which do not contravene a provision of this Act.
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(b) Paragraph (a) shall not be construed to mean that a contract for salvage the provisions of which do not contravene a provision of this Act is, by reason of that fact alone, lawful or otherwise enforceable.
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(2) The objects specified for the purposes of subsection (1) are—
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(a) a wreck 100 or more years old, including any object removed from the wreck whether or not having been part of the wreck,
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(b) an archaeological object that is 100 or more years old, and
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(c) a registered monument, including any object removed from the monument whether or not having been part of the monument.
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