The Protection of Wrecks (MV Braer) (Revocation) Order 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 2372

PROTECTION OF WRECKS

The Protection of Wrecks (MV Braer) (Revocation) Order 1994

Made

9th September 1994

Laid before Parliament

16th September 1994

Coming into force

7th October 1994

Whereas the Protection of Wrecks (MV Braer) Order 1993(1) designated an area round the wreck of the merchant vessel “Braer” (lying wrecked at Latitude 59°53' 24"N, Longitude 01°21' 24"W) as a prohibited area:

And whereas the Secretary of State for Transport is satisfied that the vessel is no longer in a condition which makes it a potential danger to life or property;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(1) and (2) and 3(2) of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973(2), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (MV Braer) (Revocation) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 7th October 1994.

2.  The Protection of Wrecks (MV Braer) Order 1993 is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Goschen

Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

9th September 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Merchant Shipping (MV Braer) Order 1993, which designated an area off the Shetland Islands surrounding the wreck of the MV Braer as a prohibited area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

(1)

S.I. 1993/199.

(2)

1973 c. 33.