Treasure Trove: Codes of Practice

(asked on 2nd May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish details of the scheduled revision of the Treasure Act Code of Practice.


Answered by
Michael Ellis Portrait
Michael Ellis
This question was answered on 9th May 2018

The scheduled revision of the Treasure Act Code of Practice will be published following a planned public consultation on the Code. The consultation will include proposals to reflect the expansion of the Portable Antiquities Scheme in England and Wales, and other measures intended to update and simplify the Treasure process. In addition, the consultation will include proposed measures to strengthen the capacity of the Act to preserve important treasure finds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We intend to publish the consultation in the next few months.

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