1990 No. 1694
PROTECTION OF WRECKS

The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 2)Order 1990

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Transport being satisfied in accordance with section 1(1) of the Protection of Wrecks Act 19731 that the site identified in Article 2 of this Order is, or may prove to be, the site of a vessel lying wrecked on or in the sea bed and that on account of the historical and archaeological importance of the vessel the site ought to be protected from unauthorised interference, and being satisfied in accordance with section 1(4) of that Act that the case is one in which an Order should be made as a matter of immediate urgency, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(1), (2) and (4) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby orders as follows:—

1.

This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 2) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 18th August 1990.

2.

(1)

The site where a vessel lies, or is supposed to lie, wrecked on or in the sea bed, and in respect of which this Order is made, is in position latitude 60° 22.5' North, Longitude 0' 43.27' West.

(2)

The area within a distance of 100 metres of that position shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Christopher Chope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates as a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 an area round the site of what is thought to be the wreck of a vessel near the Shetland Islands which is of historical and archaeological importance.

No part of the site is above the high water mark of ordinary spring tide.