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Identification of sites and designation of restricted areas

2.—(1) This Order identifies sites where vessels lie, or are supposed to lie, wrecked on or in the sea bed.

(2) The sites are listed in the first column of Schedule 1 and the position of each site is given in the corresponding entry in the second column of that Schedule.

(3) The positions of the sites identified in Schedule 1 are defined by co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84).

(4) In the case of each site so listed, the area within a distance of 300 metres of the position of the site, 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 Act 1973.