Protection of Military Remains Act 1986
(asked on 5th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he next plans to propose secondary legislation under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
This question was answered on 10th November 2014
Since 2002, through five Statutory Instruments, 78 wrecks have been designated under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 as either Protected Places or Controlled Sites. The last Statutory Instrument (SI 2012/1110) came into force on 1 June 2012.
Ministry of Defence officials are considering which ships (from potentially more than 5,000) should be included in the next Statutory Instrument but I cannot yet give a timetable for the conclusion of that work.