Responsibility for the management of maritime archaeology for territorial waters adjacent to England was transferred from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to English Heritage by the National Heritage Act 2002.
The Historic Wrecks Panel replaces the Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites (ACHWS), which ran from 1973 to 2011, in relation to England.
The Panel advises staff on specialist issues of policy and practice related to complex, contentious and high profile wreck sites in UK territorial waters adjacent to England and in UK controlled waters adjacent to England and licensing in UK territorial waters adjacent to England, as appropriate.
The archive of the ACHWS has been deposited at the National Monuments Record.
Membership
Mr Tom Hassall OBE (Chair)
Ms Elizabeth Blackburn QC
Dr Justin Dix
Dr Ian Friel
Mr Nicholas Hall
Mr Martyn Heighton
Ms Jane Maddocks
Mr Dave Parham
Meeting Dates
2013: 10 June; 9 December
