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Statutory Instruments
PROTECTION OF WRECKS
Made
6th December 1989
Laid before Parliament
13th December 1989
Coming into force
3rd January 1990
The Secretary of State for Transport 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(1), in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(1), (2) and (4) of that Act 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. 3) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 3rd January 1990.
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 51° 12.00' North, Longitude 01° 30.56' East.
(2) The area within a distance of 150 metres of that position shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Patrick McLoughlin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
6th December 1989
(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 in the Goodwin Sands round the site of what is thought to be the wreck of a vessel of historical and archaeological importance. No part of the restricted area lies above high water mark of ordinary spring tides.
