# The Protection of Wrecks (Designation) (England) (No. 2) Order 2017, Article 2: Identification and sites and designation of restricted areas

Extent: E+W

(1) The five sites listed in Schedule 1 are sites where a vessel or vessels lie, or are supposed to lie, wrecked on or in the sea bed.
(2) Four sites are listed in the first column of Table 1 of Schedule 1 and the position of each site is given in the corresponding entry in the second column of Table 1.
(3) For each site so listed, the area within the distance from the site specified in the corresponding entry in the third column of Table 1 is designated as a restricted area.
(4) The fifth site in respect of which this Order is made is the area bounded by straight lines whose corners lie at the points specified in Table 2 of Schedule 1.
(5) The area identified in paragraph (4) is designated as a restricted area.
(6) A restricted area designated under paragraph (3) or (5) does not include any part of that area which is above the high water mark of ordinary spring tides.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/872/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-designation-england-no-2-order-2017/article-2
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