The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1991

Made: 1st May 1991

Laid before Parliament: 2nd May 1991

Coming into force: 3rd May 1991

The Secretary of State, being satisfied that the site identified inarticle 2 of this Order is, or may prove to be, the site of a vessellying wrecked on or in the sea bed and that, on account of thehistorical and archaeological importance of the vessel, the site oughtto be protected from unauthorised interference, and that the case is onein which an Order should be made as a matter of immediate urgency, inexercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(1), (2) and (4)of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973[^f00001]and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, herebyorders as follows:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation No.1) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 3rd May 1991.

2

• (1) The site where a vessel lies, or is supposed to lie, wrecked on orin the sea bed and in respect of which this Order is made is in positionLatitude 50°18".41 North, Longitude 03°57".19 West.

• (2) The area within a distance of 250 metres of that position, butexcluding any part of that area which lies above the high-water mark ofordinary spring tides, shall be a restricted area for the purposes ofthe Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

Signed

Michael Heseltine — Secretary of State for the Environment — 1st May 1991

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the Order

This Order designates as a restricted area for the purposes of theProtection of Wrecks Act 1973 an area in the Erme Estuary, Devon, roundthe site of what is thought to be the wreck of a vessel which is ofhistorical and archaeological importance.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1973 c. 33.