UK Offence Report

The Antarctic Act 1994 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2015

UK Statutory Instrument 2015 No. 823 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
19 March 2015
In force from
30 July 2015
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Miscellaneous
Made under
Antarctic Act 1994, Antarctic Act 2013, Her by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1890, No. 823 Antarctica The Antarctic Act 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order modifies the Antarctic Act 1994 (Overseas Territories) Order 1995 in order to implement the amendments made to the Antarctic Act 1994 by the Antarctic Act 2013. Part II of the Antarctic Act 2013 made a number of minor changes to the permit regime set out in the Antarctic Act 1994. The changes bring non-UK nationals on British expeditions into the scope of the permit regime; allows the UK to permit conservation work on historic sites and monuments in Antarctica; and creates new offences of introducing non-sterile soil or microscopic organisms into Antarctica, damaging native invertebrates, or having an animal on board a vessel (except recognised assistance dogs or if the vessel is only transiting Antarctic waters).

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