Statutory Instruments
1993 No. 976
PROTECTION OF WRECKS
The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1993
Made
31st March 1993
Laid before Parliament
1st April 1993
Coming into force
22nd April 1993
The Secretary of State, being satisfied 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, after consulting with the persons referred to in section 1(4) of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973(1), in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1(1), (2) and (4) and 3(2) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
(1)