{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-designation-no-1-order-1998/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-designation-no-1-order-1998/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1650",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-designation-no-1-order-1998",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Identification of site and designation of restricted area",
  "text": "(1) The site in respect of which this Order is made is hereby identified as the site where the vessel HMS “Assurance” lies wrecked on the sea bed at Latitude 50°39'.70 North, Longitude 01°35'.45 West.\n(2) The area to the west of Longitude 01°35'.35 West within a distance of 200 m of Latitude 50°39'.70 North, Longitude 01°35'.43 West, but excluding any part of that area which lies above the high water mark of ordinary spring tides, shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1650/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:26:03.851895+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."
}