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(1)No person who is on a British expedition may enter or remain in Antarctica except in accordance with a permit granted under this section.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply—
(a)to a person travelling through, on or above the high seas to an immediate destination outside Antarctica, or
(b)to a person entering or remaining in Antarctica for the sole purpose of fishing for profit.
(3)Subject to subsection (4), for the purposes of this [F1Act] an expedition is a British expedition if—
(a)it was organised in the United Kingdom, or
(b)the place of final departure for Antarctica of the persons on the expedition was in the United Kingdom.
(4)An expedition organised in and authorised in writing by another Contracting Party shall not be regarded as a British expedition.
(5)Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
(6)If subsection (1) is contravened by a person who—
(a)is on an expedition in respect of which a permit has been granted under this section to another person, and
(b)is specified or of a description specified in that permit,
that other person shall be guilty of an offence.
(7)If a person whose place of final departure for Antarctica was in the United Kingdom enters Antarctica in contravention of subsection (1)—
(a)the operator of the vessel or aircraft on which he enters Antarctica, and
(b)the master of that vessel or the commander of that aircraft,
shall each be guilty of an offence.
(8)The Secretary of State may on the application of any person grant to him a permit authorising any person specified or of a description specified in the permit to enter and remain in Antarctica on a British expedition.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 3(3) substituted (26.5.2013) by Antarctic Act 2013 (c. 15), ss. 14(6), 18(4)(a)
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