The Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 11th March 2003. The Antarctic Regulations 1995(1) (“the principal Regulations”), as amended(2), and these Regulations may be cited together as the Antarctic Regulations 1995 to 2003.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

2.  Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:

(a)There shall be added to Schedule 1 the areas listed and described in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(b)There shall be deleted from Schedule 1 the area listed and described as “Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 157 “Cape Royds Historic Site No. 15””.

Valerie Amos

For the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

17th February 2003