The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1993

Made31st March 1993

Laid before Parliament1st April 1993

Coming into force22nd 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 19731, 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:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 22nd April 1993.

Identification of site and designation of restricted area2.

(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 55° 14'.85 North, Longitude 06° 30'.05 West.

(2)

The area within a distance of 300 metres of that position, but excluding any part of that area which lies above the high-water mark of ordinary spring tides, shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

Peter Brooke

Secretary of State for National Heritage

31st March 1993

(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 off Lacada Point in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, round the site of what is believed to be the wreck of the vessel “Girona” which is of historical and archaeological importance.