The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 2) Order 1997

Made: 16th July 1997

Laid before Parliament: 18th July 1997

Coming into force: 8th August 1997

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 or in 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, after consulting with the persons referred to in section 1(4) of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973[^f00001], in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1(1), (2) and (4) and 3(2) of that Act and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 8th August 1997.

Identification of site and designation of restricted area

2

• (1) The site where a vessel lies, or is supposed to lie, wrecked on or in the sea bed and in respect of which this Order is made is in position Latitude 54°39.50' North, Longitude 01°10.71' West.

• (2) The area within a distance of 100 metres of that position, but excluding any part of that area which lies above the high-water mark of ordinary spring tides, shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks 1973.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for National Heritage

Tony Banks — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 16th July 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates as a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 an area surrounding the wreck of a collier brig at Seaton Carew, Teeside which is of historical and archaeological importance.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1973 c. 33.