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The Protection of Wrecks (Designation) (England) (No.2) Order 2012

S.I. 2012/1807 · Made 10 July 2012

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Protection Of Wrecks, England

Made 10th July 2012

Laid before Parliament 11th July 2012

Coming into force 3rd August 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) and (2) of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973f1.

The Secretary of State is satisfied in relation to the site identified at article 2 of this Order of the matters set out in section 1(1) of that Act.

In accordance with section 1(4) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted such persons as the Secretary of State considers to be appropriate having regard to the purposes of this Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c.33.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Identification of site and designation of restricted area
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation) (England) (No.2) Order 2012 and comes into force on 3rd August 2012.

2Identification of site and designation of restricted area

(1)

The site in position Latitude 51°13.96698′ North, Longitude 01°26.00898′ Eastf1 is identified as the site where a vessel lies, or is supposed to lie, wrecked on or in the sea bed.

(2)

The area within 50 metres of the site identified in paragraph (1), excluding any part of that area above the high water mark of ordinary spring tides, is designated as a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

Signature

John Penrose

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

10th July 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates as a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 an area within 50 metres from the site of a vessel identified as “Goodwins and Downs 8” or “GAD8” lying in the Downs anchorage, 2.04 kilometres east of Deal, Kent.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this Order.