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Paragraph 15 Duty to have regard to the Protocol and to measures implementing the Protocol

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The Secretary of State shall have regard to the provisions of the Protocol and to any measures for the implementation of the Protocol that have become effective by virtue of paragraph 4 of Article IX of the Antarctic Treaty in considering in any case whether to give his consent to the grant of a permit under section 3, 4, 5 or 12 or to conditions to be attached thereto under section 13(1).