{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treasure-designation-order-2002/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treasure-designation-order-2002/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2666",
  "legislation_title": "The Treasure (Designation) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treasure-designation-order-2002",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Treasure Act 1996;\n“base metal” means any metal other than gold or silver; and\n“of prehistoric date” means dating from the Iron Age or any earlier period.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 1.1.2003, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2666/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:43:13.756009+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."
}