The Antarctic Treaty (Contracting Parties) Order 1988

Made: 27th April 1988

At the Court of Saint James, the 27th day of April 1988 Present, The Counsellors of State in Council

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by sections 7(1) and 10(7) of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967([^f00001]) and all other powers enabling Her Majesty, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, do on Her Majesty’s behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Antarctic Treaty (Contracting Parties) Order 1988.

2

It is hereby certified that the Contracting Parties for the purposes of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967 are as specified in the Schedule to this Order.

3

The Antarctic Treaty (Contracting Parties) Order 1986[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

• Argentina

• Australia

• Austria

• Belgium

• Brazil

• Bulgaria

• Chile

• Cuba

• Czechoslovakia

• Denmark

• Ecuador

• Federal Republic of Germany

• Finland

• The French Republic

• German Democratic Republic

• Greece

• Hungary

• India

• Italy

• Japan

• Republic of Korea

• The Netherlands

• New Zealand

• North Korea

• Norway

• Papua New Guinea

• People’s Republic of China

• Peru

• Poland

• Romania

• Republic of South Africa

• Spain

• Sweden

• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• United States of America

• Uruguay

Signed

G.I. de Deney — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds Austria, Ecuador, Greece and North Korea to the list of Contracting Parties to the Antarctic Treaty, certified as such for the purposes of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 65.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1986/2221.