{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-designation-england-order-2008/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-designation-england-order-2008/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2775",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Wrecks (Designation) (England) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-designation-england-order-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order designates as restricted areas for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 two areas of the Thames Estuary. These areas are believed to be the wreck sites of the vessel “London” which the Secretary of State is satisfied ought to be protected, as a matter of immediate urgency, from unauthorised interference on account of its historical, archaeological or artistic importance.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2775/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:23:05.195745+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."
}