{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-ms-estonia-order-1999/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-ms-estonia-order-1999/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/856",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Wrecks (M/S Estonia) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-ms-estonia-order-1999",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person shall not do any of the following, or cause or permit any other person to do any of the following, in the protected area:\n(a) tamper with, damage or remove any part of a vessel lying wrecked on or in the sea bed, or any object or body in or formerly contained in such vessel;\n(b) carry out diving or salvage operations directed to the exploration of any wreck or to removing any object or body from it or from the sea bed; or\n(c) use equipment constructed or adapted for any purpose of diving or salvage operations.\n(2) Any contravention of paragraph (1) above shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment by a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/856/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:45.374177+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."
}