The Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Made: 26th June 2017

Laid before Parliament: 27th June 2017

Coming into force: 31st July 2017

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 25(1) and (3) of the Antarctic Act 1994[^f00001].

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 31st July 2017.

• (2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Antarctic Regulations 1995[^f00002].

Amendments to the principal Regulations

2

• (1) The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with this regulation.

• (2) After regulation 2(6), insert—

(7) In these Regulations “ASPA” means “Antarctic Specially Protected Area.

• (3) Omit regulation 16.

• (4) For Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

• (5) For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

• (6) Omit Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

Alan Duncan — Minister of State — Foreign and Commonwealth Office — 26th June 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations update the Antarctic Regulations 1995. They replace Schedules 1 and 2 to those Regulations with new schedules containing up-to-date lists, coordinates and descriptions of all restricted areas and historic sites and monuments in force under the Antarctic Treaty System, and as agreed at Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings up to and including the thirty-eighth meeting held at Sofia in June 2015[^f00073].

These Regulations also delete regulation 16 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Antarctic Regulations 1995 because there are currently no places protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources[^f00074] in operation.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1994 c.15; section 9(1) was amended by the Antarctic Act 2013 (c.15) sections 14(1) and (2)(c); section 10(1) was amended by the Antarctic Act 2013 sections 14(1), 14(2)(d), 15(1) and 15(2)(a); and section 11(1) was amended by the Antarctic Act 2013 section 14(1) and14(2)(e).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1995/490 as amended by S.I. 1995/2741, S.I. 1998/1007, S.I. 2000/2147, S.I. 2002/2054, S.I. 2003/323, S.I. 2004/2782, S.I. 2006/680, S.I. 2008/3066 and S.I. 2009/2354.

[^f00003]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00004]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00005]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00006]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00007]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00008]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00009]: Part II of the Final Report of the Twenty-fifth Consultative Meeting of the Antarctic Treaty can be found on the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat website at http://www.ats.aq/devAS/info_finalrep.aspx?lang=e&menu=2.

[^f00010]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00011]: Cm 8810 (2014).

[^f00012]: Cm 8810 (2014).

[^f00013]: Cm 8810 (2014).

[^f00014]: Cm 8810 (2014).

[^f00015]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00016]: Cm 8810 (2014).

[^f00017]: Cm 8809 (2014).

[^f00018]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00019]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00020]: Cm 8809 (2014).

[^f00021]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00022]: Cm 8809 (2014).

[^f00023]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00024]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00025]: Cm 8048 (2011).

[^f00026]: Cm 8809 (2014).

[^f00027]: Cm 8809 (2014).

[^f00028]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00029]: Cm 8810 (2014).

[^f00030]: Cm 8809 (2014).

[^f00031]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00032]: Cm 8810 (2014).

[^f00033]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00034]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00035]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00036]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00037]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00038]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00039]: Cm 8810 (2014).

[^f00040]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00041]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00042]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00043]: Cm 7166 (2007).

[^f00044]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00045]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00046]: Cm 8809 (2014).

[^f00047]: Cm 8048 (2011).

[^f00048]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00049]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00050]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00051]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00052]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00053]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00054]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00055]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00056]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00057]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00058]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00059]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00060]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00061]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00062]: Cm 8809 (2014).

[^f00063]: Cm 7167 (2007).

[^f00064]: Cm 8809 (2014).

[^f00065]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00066]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00067]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00068]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00069]: Volume II of the Final Report of the Thirty-fifth Consultative Meeting of the Antarctic Treaty can be found at http://www.ats.aq/devAS/info_finalrep.aspx?lang=e&menu=2.

[^f00070]: Cm 8841 (2014).

[^f00071]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00072]: Cm 9150 (2015).

[^f00073]: Cm 9356 (2016).

[^f00074]: Treaty Series No. 48 (1982).

Editorial notes

[^key-59f433c7bf3c609005a31982e9054b31]: Sch. 1 in force at 31.7.2017, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-f2d4af98987f9c32aeba2d7d5deba96a]: Sch. 2 in force at 31.7.2017, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-a85f34c30c9ce6aa56175673207df2d6]: Reg. 2 in force at 31.7.2017, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-2285b598faa39315134d4a18b3aeec26]: Reg. 1 in force at 31.7.2017, see reg. 1(1)