{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-designation-order-2002/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-designation-order-2002/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1858",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Wrecks (Designation) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-designation-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order designates as a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 the area within a distance of 300 metres from the site which is believed to be the wreck of the Bonhomme Richard, 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.\nThe position given by the co-ordination in Article 2(1) of the Order is based on datum WGS 84.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1858/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:52:29.666103+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."
}