Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 470
Merchant Shipping
Casualties, Wreck And Salvage
The Protection of Wrecks (RMS Titanic) (Amendment) Order 2021
Made
12th April 2021
Laid before Parliament
19th April 2021
Coming into force
11th May 2021
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(1) and (2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (RMS Titanic) (Amendment) Order 2021.
(2) This Order comes into force on 11th May 2021.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Amendment
2. In article 4(2)(b) of the Protection of Wrecks (RMS Titanic) Order 2003( 2 ) omit “(other than activities relating to the conservation or curation of artifacts)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Robert Courts
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
12th April 2021