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Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2666

TREASURE

The Treasure (Designation) Order 2002

Made

21st October 2002

Coming into force

1st January 2003

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 2(4) of the Treasure Act 1996( 1 );

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 2(1) and (3) of the Treasure Act 1996 and all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:

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Citation, commencement and application I1

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Treasure (Designation) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st January 2003.

(2) This Order applies only in relation to objects found on or after the date when it comes into force.

Interpretation I2

2. In this Order—

“the Act” means the Treasure Act 1996 ;

“base metal” means any metal other than gold or silver; and

“of prehistoric date” means dating from the Iron Age or any earlier period.

Designation of classes of objects of outstanding historical, archaeologicalor cultural importance I3

3. The following classes of objects are designated pursuant to section 2(1) of the Act.

(a) any object (other than a coin), any part of which is base metal, which, when found is one of at least two base metal objects in the same find which are of prehistoric date;

(b) any object, (other than a coin) which is of prehistoric date, and any part of which is gold or silver.

Tessa Blackstone

Minister of State,

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

21st October 2002

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Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends the definition of “treasure” in section 1 of the Treasure Act 1996 (“the Act”) by designating under section 2(1) of the Act two classes of objects as being of outstanding historical, archaeological or cultural importance. The Order applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The first class of object is one of at least two base metal objects (other than coins), from the same find which are of prehistoric date.

The second class of object is any object (other than a coin) of prehistoric date, any part of which is gold or silver.

( 1 )

1996 c. 24 .

( 1 )

1996 c. 24 .

Status: There are outstanding changes not yet made by the editorial team to The Treasure (Designation) Order 2002. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
The Treasure (Designation) Order 2002 (2002/2666)
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in force Provision is in force
in force* In force only for specified purposes (see footnote)
not in force Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)
defined term Defined term
dfn Defined term (alternative style)
footnote commentary transitional and savings in force status related provisions geo extent insert/omit source count in force adj
I1 Art. 1 in force at 1.1.2003, see art. 1(1)
I2 Art. 2 in force at 1.1.2003, see art. 1(1)
I3 Art. 3 in force at 1.1.2003, see art. 1(1)
Defined Term Section/Article ID Scope of Application
base metal art. 2. def_c05c473631
of prehistoric date art. 2. def_21fe33e9ac
the Act art. 2. def_8771774918
the Act Unknown def_af96ca75d0

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