The Antarctic Act 1994 (Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Regulations 2020

PART 5 CCAMLR inspectors

Designation of CCAMLR inspectors

11.—(1) The Secretary of State may designate CCAMLR inspectors who are authorised to carry out tasks specified by the Secretary of State associated with the implementation of, and in compliance with, the System of Inspection adopted by the Commission under Article XXIV of the Convention(1).

(2) The Secretary of State may withdraw a designation under paragraph (1) by giving notice to the designated person.

Notification of CCAMLR inspectors

12.  The Secretary of State must notify the Commission of inspectors designated under regulation 11 and of any subsequent withdrawal of a designation.

Inspector reports

13.—(1) Inspectors designated under regulation 11 must report to the Secretary of State, in a manner and form that the Secretary of State may determine, on—

(a) any inspections carried out at sea;

(b) any interference by the master of a vessel with any of the tasks of the inspector;

(c) any instance of a vessel in the Convention Area which refused to stop or otherwise facilitate the transfer of the inspector.

(2) The Secretary of State must forward any report received under paragraph (1), together with any photographs or video footage provided, to the Executive Secretary to the Commission.

Obligations of British vessels

14.  Any British vessel in the Convention Area must, when given the appropriate signal in the International Code of Signals(2) by a vessel carrying a CCAMLR inspector, stop or take other such actions as may be necessary to facilitate the safe and prompt transfer of the CCAMLR inspector and appropriate assistants to the vessel, unless the vessel is actively engaged in fishing operations, in which case it must do so as soon as practicable.

Proceedings resulting from inspection reports in relation to British vessels

15.  The Secretary of State must report to the Executive Secretary to the Commission on the laying of any charges or the institution of any proceedings resulting from an inspection report provided to the Commission in relation to any British vessel within 14 days of those charges being laid or those proceedings being instituted.

(1)

The System of Inspection was adopted by the Commission at CCAMLR-VII in 1998. The report of the meeting is available at www.ccamlr.org/en/ccamlr-vii (see para 125 of the report for the adoption of the System of Inspection).

(2)

Resolution A.80 (IV) adopted by the International Maritime Organisation on 27 September 1965, as revised. Available at www.imo.org.