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Statutory Instruments
2003 No.405
DEFENCE
The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) (Amendment) Order 2003
Made
26th February 2003
Coming into force
21st March 2003
The Secretary of State for Defence, (“the Secretary of State”), in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(2) of the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986( 1 ) hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement, and interpretation
1. —(1) This order may be cited as the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 21 st March 2003.
(2) In this Order any reference to a point is a reference to a point given by co-ordinates based on the World Geodetic System 1984.
Amendment of the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2002
2.Article 3(c)(ii) of the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2002 ( 2 ) shall be amended by substituting the word “East”, which appears at the end of the co-ordinates, for the word “West”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Defence
Dr Lewis Moonie
Date 26th February 2003
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence
1986 c. 35 . The power to designate any land as, or as part of, a controlled site is exercisable in relation to Crown land as it is exercisable in relation to other land: see section 1(7). The terms “controlled site” and “remains” are defined in section 9(1). Section 9(2) states when a vessel is to be regarded as having been in military service.