The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2002
This Order designates various vessels as vessels to which the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (“the Act”) applies: see article 2. This means that the places containing the remains of those vessels are protected places within the meaning of the Act. Subject to sections 2(5) and (6) and 3 of the Act, a person who, believing or having reasonable grounds for suspecting that a place comprises the remains of a vessel, interferes with remains by virtue of which that place is a protected place, commits an offence unless he has a licence: see sections 2 and 4 of the Act. Section 2 creates a number of other offences in relation to protected places as well.