{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cultural-property-armed-conflicts-act-2017/schedule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cultural-property-armed-conflicts-act-2017/schedule-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/6",
  "legislation_title": "Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cultural-property-armed-conflicts-act-2017",
  "path": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Second Protocol",
  "text": "The Parties,\nConscious of the need to improve the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict and to establish an enhanced system of protection for specifically designated cultural property;\nReaffirming the importance of the provisions of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at the Hague on 14 May 1954, and emphasizing the necessity to supplement these provisions through measures to reinforce their implementation;\nDesiring to provide the High Contracting Parties to the Convention with a means of being more closely involved in the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict by establishing appropriate procedures therefor;\nConsidering that the rules governing the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict should reflect developments in international law;\nAffirming that the rules of customary international law will continue to govern questions not regulated by the provisions of this Protocol;\nHave agreed as follows:\nThe Parties,\nConscious of the need to improve the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict and to establish an enhanced system of protection for specifically designated cultural property;\nReaffirming the importance of the provisions of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at the Hague on 14 May 1954, and emphasizing the necessity to supplement these provisions through measures to reinforce their implementation;\nDesiring to provide the High Contracting Parties to the Convention with a means of being more closely involved in the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict by establishing appropriate procedures therefor;\nConsidering that the rules governing the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict should reflect developments in international law;\nAffirming that the rules of customary international law will continue to govern questions not regulated by the provisions of this Protocol;\nHave agreed as follows:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 in force at 12.12.2017 by S.I. 2017/1087, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/6/schedule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:44.490145+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}