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Discuss the operation of the Treasure Act 1996, the necessity to reform the ancient law of treasure trove and the successes/failures to meet the criteria to make it workable.
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Discuss the operation of the Treasure Act 1996, the necessity to reform the ancient law of treasure trove and the successes/failures to meet the criteria to make it workable The Treasure Act of 1996 was brought into force on September 27, 1997 after many years of indecision, uncertainty and academic debate. This Act was designed to update and reinvent the law as regards to treasure trove, itself, as Roger.J.Smith professes was "governed by ancient common law principles"1 until the promulgation of the Treasure Act. The law in this area had reached a stagnant set of circumstances in which it was no longer in touch with modern times, and the passage of time had aided the academic discovery of treasure trove laws' lack of functionality. This discussion will seek to provide a coherent and accessible article documenting the circumstances leading to the change in the law and operation of the old legal...
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