The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1981
The Secretary of State, being satisfied that the sites identified in the Schedule to this Order are, or may prove to be, the sites of vessels believed lying wrecked on or in the sea bed and that on account of the historical and archaeological importance of the vessels the sites 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(a), in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(1),...