{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-rms-titanic-order-2003/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-rms-titanic-order-2003/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2496",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Wrecks (RMS Titanic) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-rms-titanic-order-2003",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Enforcement powers",
  "text": "(1) The powers conferred by this article are conferred in relation to any ship which is in United Kingdom waters and any United Kingdom ship which is in international waters.\n(2) A person appointed by the Secretary of State to be an inspector under section 256(1) or (6) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and any commissioned naval officer, shall be a person authorised by the Secretary of State in accordance with this Order.\n(3) A person so authorised by the Secretary of State may at any reasonable time board and search any ship if he has reason to suspect that this Order is not complied with, and may take possession of and detain anything found in the course of that search for so long as is necessary for all or any of the following purposes—\n(a) to examine it,\n(b) to ensure that it is not tampered with before his examination of it is completed,\n(c) to ensure that it is available for use as evidence in any proceedings for an offence under this Order.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 10 in force at 18.11.2019 as notified in the London Gazette (issue 62919, published 14.2.2020), see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2496",
      "affecting_title": "The Protection of Wrecks (RMS Titanic) Order 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2496/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:57:51.514728+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."
}