The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 1842

PROTECTION OF WRECKS

The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1994

Made

12th July 1994

Laid before Parliament

13th July 1994

Coming into force

14th July 1994

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, and 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 the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973(1), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby orders as follows: