Subject	Predicate	Object
xSiKpJbX	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	4iVfsc3V
	answer has answering person	Michael Tyrone Ellis
	answer text	<p>The aim of the Treasure Act 1996 is to preserve important and significant finds for public collections. The intention is that at the end of the process governed by the Act and its associated code of practice, a treasure find will be acquired and conserved by a museum.</p><p> </p><p>The Act and code both emphasise the importance of conservation throughout the treasure find process. The code contains extensive information on the treatment of finds and urges finders to follow appropriate codes of conduct and to seek the advice of professional archaeologists of archaeological and conservation methods.</p><p> </p><p>The Portable Antiquities Scheme, which operates in England and Wales, and which records archaeological finds, also provides advice on conservation to finders.</p>
	answer given date	2019-02-06
	answer has answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	xSiKpJbX
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	xSiKpJbX
4iVfsc3V	question has answer	xSiKpJbX
Michael Tyrone Ellis	answering person has answer	xSiKpJbX