{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-rms-titanic-order-2003/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-rms-titanic-order-2003/article-2.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/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Agreement” means the Agreement concerning the shipwrecked vessel RMS Titanic;\n“artifacts” means the cargo of RMS Titanic and other contents, including those associated objects that are scattered in its vicinity and any portion of the hull; and\n“relevant authorisation” means an authorisation granted by the appropriate authority of a State Party to the Agreement (other than the United Kingdom) in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 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": "Cm 5798."
    }
  ],
  "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/2",
    "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."
}