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The Antarctic Regulations 1995

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Service of documents

  3. PART 2 PERMITS

    1. 4.Applications for permits under sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Act

    2. 5.Initial Environmental Evaluation

    3. 6.Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation

    4. 7.Refusal of Permits under sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Act

    5. 8.Applications for and refusals of permits under sections 11 and 12 of the Act

    6. 9.Production of permits

    7. 10.Revocation and suspension of permits

  4. PART 3 THE TRIBUNAL

    1. 11.Antarctic Act Tribunal: establishment and jurisdiction

    2. 12.Constitution of the Tribunal

    3. 13.Procedure

  5. PART 4 SPECIAL AREAS

    1. 14.Restricted Areas

    2. 15.Antarctic Historic Sites and Monuments

    3. 16.Protected Places

  6. PART 5 OFFENCES UNDER THE ACT

    1. 17.Application of Part 5

    2. 18.Arrest and conveyance in custody

    3. 19.Physical evidence

    4. 20.Attendance of witnesses

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      RESTRICTED AREAS

      1. Specially Protected Area No. 1 Taylor Rookery, MacRobertson Land Lat. 67°26'S; Long. 60°50'E

      2. Specially Protected Area No. 2 Rookery Islands, Holme Bay, MacRobertson Land Lat. 67°37'S; Long. 62°33'E

      3. Specially Protected Area No. 3 Ardery Island and Odbert Island, Budd Coast Lat. 66°22'S; Long. 110°33'E

      4. Specially Protected Area No. 20 “New College Valley”, Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island Lat. 77°14'S; Long. 166°23'E

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      ANTARCTIC HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS

      1. 1.Flag mast erected in December 1965 at the South Geographical...

      2. 2.Rock cairn erected in January 1961 and plaques at Syowa...

      3. 3.Rock cairn and plaque on Proclamation Island, Enderby Land (Lat...

      4. 4.Station building to which a bust of V. I. Lenin...

      5. 5.Rock cairn and plaque at Cape Bruce, MacRobertson Land (Lat...

      6. 6.Rock cairn at Walkabout Rocks, Vestfold Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land...

      7. 7.Stone with inscribed plaque, erected at Mirny Observatory, Mabus Point...

      8. 8.Metal monument-sledge at Mirny Observatory, Mabus Point (Lat 66°33'S, Long...

      9. 9.Cemetery on Buromskiy Island, near Mirny Observatory (Lat 66°32'S, Long...

      10. 10.Building (Magnetic observatory) at Dobrowolsky Station, Bunger Hills (Lat 66°16'S,...

      11. 11.Heavy tractor at Vostok Station (Lat 78°28'S, Long 106°48'E), with...

      12. 12.Cross and plaque at Cape Denison, George V Land (Lat...

      13. 13.Hut at Cape Denison, George V Land (Lat 67°00'S, Long...

      14. 14.Remains of rock shelter at Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay...

      15. 15.Hut at Cape Royds, Ross Island (Lat 77°38'S, Long 166°07'E),...

      16. 16.Hut at Cape Evans, Ross Island (Lat 77°38'S, Long 166°24'E),...

      17. 17.Cross on Wind Vane Hill, Cape Evans, Ross Island (Lat...

      18. 18.Hut at Hut Point, Ross Island (Lat 77°51'S, Long 166°37'E),...

      19. 19.Cross at Hut Point, Ross Island (Lat 77°51'S, Long 166°37'E)...

      20. 20.Cross on Observation Hill, Ross Island (Lat 77°51'S, Long 166°40'E),...

      21. 21.Stone hut at Cape Crozier, Ross Island (Lat 77°32'S, Long...

      22. 22.Hut at Cape Adare (Lat 71°17'S, Long 170°15'E), built in...

      23. 23.Grave at Cape Adare (Lat 71°17'S, Long 170°15'E), of Norwegian...

      24. 24.Rock cairn, known as ‘Amundsen’s Cairn’, on Mount Betty, Queen...

      25. 25.Hut and plaque on Peter I Oslash;y (Lat 68°47'S, Long...

      26. 26.Abandoned installations of Argentine Station ‘General San Martin’ on Barry...

      27. 27.Cairn with plaque on Megalestris Hill, Petermann Island (Lat 65°10'S,...

      28. 28.Rock cairn at Port Charcot, Booth Island (Lat 65°03'S, Long...

      29. 29.Lighthouse named ‘Primero de Mayo’ erected on Lambda Island, Melchior...

      30. 30.Shelter at Paradise Harbour (Lat 64°49'S, Long 62°51'W), erected in...

      31. 31.Memorial plaque marking the position of a former cemetery on...

      32. 32.Concrete monolith, near Arturo Prat Base on Greenwich Island (Lat...

      33. 33.Shelter and cross with plaque near Arturo Prat Base, Greenwich...

      34. 34.Bust of the Chilean naval hero Arturo Prat erected in...

      35. 35.Wooden cross and statue of the Virgin of Carmen erected...

      36. 36.Metal plaque at Potter Cove, King George Island (Lat 62°13'S,...

      37. 37.Statue of Bernard O'Higgins, erected in 1948, in front of...

      38. 38.Hut on Snow Hill Island (Lat 64°24'S, Long 57°00'W) built...

      39. 39.Stone hut at Hope Bay (Lat 63°24'S, Long 56°59'W), built...

      40. 40.Bust of General San Martin, grotto with a statue of...

      41. 41.Stone hut on Paulet Island (Lat 63°35'S, Long 55°47'W), built...

      42. 42.Area at Scotia Bay, Laurie Island, South Orkney Island (Lat...

      43. 43.Cross erected in 1955, at a distance of 1,300 metres...

      44. 44.Plaque erected at the temporary Indian station ‘Dakshin Gangotri’, Princess...

      45. 45.Plaque on Brabant Island, on Metchnikoff Point, (Lat 64°02'S, Long...

      46. 46.The buildings and installations of Port Martin base, Terre Adelie...

      47. 47.Wooden building called ‘Base Marret’ on the Ile des Petrels,...

      48. 48.Cross erected on the North-East headland of the Ile des...

      49. 49.The concrete pillar erected in January 1959 by the First...

      50. 50.A commemorative plaque mounted on a sea cliff on the...

      51. 51.The grave of Wlodzimierz Puchalski, surmounted by an iron cross,...

      52. 52.Monolith erected to commemorate the establishment in February 1985 of...

      53. 53.Monoliths and commemorative plaques and bronze busts of Luis Pardo...

      54. 54.Richard E. Byrd Historic Monument, McMurdo Station, Antarctica (Lat 77°51'S,...

      55. 55.East Base, Antarctica, Stonington Island (Lat 68°11'S, Long 67°00'W). Buildings...

      56. 56.Waterboat Point, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula (Lat 64°49'S, Long 62°52'W)....

      57. 57.Commemorative plaque at Yankee Bay, MacFarland Strait, Greenwich Island, South...

      58. 58.Cairn with memorial plaque erected at Whalers' Bay, Deception Island,...

      59. 59.A cairn on Half Moon beach, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island,...

      60. 60.Wooden plaque and rock cairn located at Penguins bay, southern...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      PROTECTED PLACES

      1. No. 1 Seal Islands, South Shetland Islands Lat. 60°59'S; Long. 55°23'W

      2. No. 2 Cape Shirreff and the San Telmo Islands, South Shetland Islands Lat. 62°27'S; Long. 60°47'W

  9. Explanatory Note

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