{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cultural-property-armed-conflicts-act-2017/schedule-4/part/chapter-3/paragraph-Articlen13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cultural-property-armed-conflicts-act-2017/schedule-4/part/chapter-3/paragraph-Articlen13.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/part/chapter/3/paragraph/Articlen13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "Article 13",
  "heading": "Loss of enhanced protection",
  "text": "1. Cultural property under enhanced protection shall only lose such protection:\n(a) if such protection is suspended or cancelled in accordance with Article 14; or\n(b) if, and for as long as, the property has, by its use, become a military objective.\n2. In the circumstances of sub-paragraph 1(b), such property may only be the object of attack if:\n(a) the attack is the only feasible means of terminating the use of the property referred to in sub-paragraph 1(b);\n(b) all feasible precautions are taken in the choice of means and methods of attack, with a view to terminating such use and avoiding, or in any event minimising, damage to the cultural property;\n(c) unless circumstances do not permit, due to requirements of immediate self-defence:\n(i) the attack is ordered at the highest operational level of command;\n(ii) effective advance warning is issued to the opposing forces requiring the termination of the use referred to in sub-paragraph 1(b); and\n(iii) reasonable time is given to the opposing forces to redress the situation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/6/schedule/4/part/chapter/3/paragraph/Articlen13",
    "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."
}