{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treasure-designation-order-2002/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treasure-designation-order-2002/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2666",
  "legislation_title": "The Treasure (Designation) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treasure-designation-order-2002",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "...",
  "text": "(1) The following classes of objects are designated pursuant to section 2(1) of the Act.\n(a) any object (other than a coin), any part of which is base metal, which, when found is one of at least two base metal objects in the same find which are of prehistoric date;\n(b) any object, (other than a coin) which is of prehistoric date, and any part of which is gold or silver;\n(c) any object, any part of which is metal, which satisfies paragraph (2).\n(2) An object satisfies this paragraph if—\n(a) it provides an exceptional insight into an aspect of national or regional history, archaeology or culture by virtue of one or more of the following—\n(i) its rarity as an example of its type found in the United Kingdom,\n(ii) the location, region or part of the United Kingdom in which it was found, or\n(iii) its connection with a particular person or event; or\n(b) although it does not, on its own, provide such an insight, it is, when found, part of the same find as one or more other objects, and provides such an insight when taken together with those objects.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 3 renumbered as art. 3(1) (30.7.2023) by The Treasure (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/404), arts. 1(1), 2(4)(a) (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 3(1)(c) inserted (30.7.2023) by The Treasure (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/404), arts. 1(1), 2(4)(b) (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 3(2) inserted (30.7.2023) by The Treasure (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/404), arts. 1(1), 2(4)(c) (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 3 heading omitted (30.7.2023) by virtue of The Treasure (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/404), arts. 1(1), 2(4) (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 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/3",
    "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."
}