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4th February 2009, 04:35 PM
Felt I had to put this up... As I am on the Panel :D
Code clears up 'finders, keepers' confusion
Published Date: 04 February 2009
By Tanya Thompson
Social Affairs Correspondent
THE next time you are ambling along the beach and spot something glistening in the sand, you may think you have struck gold.
But a new code of practice on buried treasure aims to clarify the law on exactly who owns such ancient artefacts.
Those who stumble across "treasure trove" items are being warned to hand them over to the Crown Office or face prosecution.
Under Scots common law, treasure trove and other lost or abandoned property belongs to the Crown, not the finder or the landowner. Items are held by the Crown on behalf of the public, and are allocated to museums in exchange for an ex gratia payment to the finder. ........
Read on
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Code-clears-up-39finders-keepers39.4943459.jp
“When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.”
William Blake
Code clears up 'finders, keepers' confusion
Published Date: 04 February 2009
By Tanya Thompson
Social Affairs Correspondent
THE next time you are ambling along the beach and spot something glistening in the sand, you may think you have struck gold.
But a new code of practice on buried treasure aims to clarify the law on exactly who owns such ancient artefacts.
Those who stumble across "treasure trove" items are being warned to hand them over to the Crown Office or face prosecution.
Under Scots common law, treasure trove and other lost or abandoned property belongs to the Crown, not the finder or the landowner. Items are held by the Crown on behalf of the public, and are allocated to museums in exchange for an ex gratia payment to the finder. ........
Read on
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Code-clears-up-39finders-keepers39.4943459.jp
“When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.”
William Blake