Antarctic Treaty Act 1967
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1967 c. 65 |
| Year | 1967 |
wilfully kill, injure, molest or take any native mammal or native bird, orgather any native plant within a specially protected area, or drive any vehicle within such an area.(2) On and after the appointed day, no person to whom this section applies shall, except as permitted by or under this Act, bring into any part of Antarctica any animal or plant of a species which is not indigenous to Antarctica.a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen F4, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen; ora person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject; ora British protected person (within the meaning of that Act) .(4) Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding subsection, this section does not apply to a person who, being also a national of one of the other Contracting Parties, has been designated by or on behalf of that Contracting Party as an observer, or is an exchanged scientist made available by that Contracting Party, or is a member of the staff accompanying an observer so designated or such an exchanged scientist, while he is in any part of Antarctica for the purpose of exercising his functions as such an observer or exchanged scientist or as a member of such a staff.(5) Any person who does, or attempts to do, anything in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence.under this Act, orby or on behalf of one of the other Contracting Parties,(2) Without prejudice to the preceding subsection, where a person is charged with an offence under section 1 of this Act, it shall be a defence to prove that the act in question was done or attempted in a case of extreme emergency involving possible loss of human life or the safety of a ship or aircraft.(1) The Secretary of State may issue in respect of any person to whom section 1 of this Act applies a permit authorising him to do such of the things mentioned in subsection (1) and (2) of that section as are specified in the permit.holds office as Director of the British Antarctic Survey or holds an appointment (by whatever name called) having functions similar to those which at the passing of this Act are performed by that Director, oris the officer in charge of a station maintained in Antarctica by or on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, oris in charge of an expedition to Antarctica organised in or proceeding from the United Kingdom or any other territory to which this section extends.(3) Any permit under this section may be issued subject to such conditions and limitations as (subject to subsection (5) of this section) the Secretary of State or other person issuing the permit considers appropriate.(4) In connection with the matters authorised by any such permit, the permit may require the person in respect of whom it is issued to make to the Secretary of State or other person issuing the permit a report, at such times and in such manner as may be specified in the permit, as to the occurrence of such acts and events as may be so specified.(5) In the exercise of any power conferred by or under this section, the Secretary of State or other person exercising the power shall have regard to the Agreed Measures.(6) Any person to whom the power to issue permits is delegated under subsection (2) of this section shall, in respect of each year, send to the Secretary of State a report in accordance with the next following subsection; and every such report shall be sent to the Secretary of State as soon as practicable after the end of the year to which it relates.(7) A report made by any person under the last preceding subsection in respect of any year shall contain such particulars of permits under this section issued by him in that year, and of information received by him in that year in pursuance of subsection (4) of this section, as the Secretary of State may require.(8) In this section “year” means a period of twelve months ending with June.
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