{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-rms-titanic-order-2003/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-rms-titanic-order-2003/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person who contravenes article 4(1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(2) Any person who knowingly contravenes any requirement, condition or restriction of a licence granted under article 5 which relates to the conservation, curation or keeping together of artifacts, or relating to the provision of public access to artifacts, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(3) Any person who knowingly contravenes any requirement, condition or restriction of a licence granted under article 5 which relates to the reporting of the results to the Secretary of State and the publication of the results shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to a fine.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 in force at 18.11.2019 as notified in the London Gazette (issue 62919, published 14.2.2020), see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "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/6",
    "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."
}