The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2006
This Order, which replaces and consolidates previous Orders, designates various vessels, listed in article 2, as vessels to which the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (“the Act”) applies. 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), 2(6) and 3 of the Act, a person who, believing or having reasonable grounds for suspecting that a place comprises any remains of a vessel which has sunk or been stranded while in military service, tampers 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 also creates a number of additional offences in relation to protected places.