The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1996

Made4th July 1996

Laid before Parliament5th July 1996

Coming into force6th July 1996

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, 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 sections 1(1), (2) and (4) of the Protection of Wrecks Act 19731 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby orders as follows:

Citation and Commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the 6th July 1996.

Identification of site and designation of restricted area2

1

The site where the vessel lies or is supposed to lie and in respect of which this Order is made is in position Latitude 53° 23.78" North, Longitude 03° 33.18" 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.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym JonesParliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office4th July 1996

(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 situated approximately 5 miles north, northwest off the coast of Rhyl, in the County of Denbighshire, 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.