Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2746

The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 2) Order 1991

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1991 No. 2746

PROTECTION OF WRECKS

The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 2) Order 1991

The Secretary of State, being satisfied that the site identified in article 2 of this Order is, or may prove to be, the site of a vessel lying wrecked on the sea bed and that, on account of the historical and archaeological importance of the vessel, the site ought to be protected from unauthorised interference, and that the case is one in which an Order should be made as a matter of immediate urgency, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(1), (2) and (4) of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973^[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby orders as follows:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 2) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 7th December 1991.

    2.    -

    (1)  The site where the vessel is supposed to lie and in respect of which this Order is made, is in position Latitude 51° 43'.18 North, Longitude 05° 40'.29 West.

    (2)  The area within a distance of 300 metres of that position shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

5th December 1991

This Order designates as a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 an area off the Smalls Reef, Dyfed, round the site of what is thought to be the wreck of a vessel which is of historical and archaeological importance.
No part of the site is above the high water mark of ordinary spring tides.

[1] 1973 c. 33. back