Paragraph 23 United Kingdom nationals working under the Convention
Where a United Kingdom national—
who is a Convention official, and
who is on a vessel in any part of the area south of the Antarctic Convergence for the purpose of exercising his functions as a Convention official,
does or omits to do anything, and that act or omission would have constituted an offence under the law of the Territory if it had taken place in the Territory, he shall be guilty of the like offence as if the act or omission had taken place in the Territory, and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
In subsection (1) “Convention official” means any person designated as an inspector or observer by a Member of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources under Article XXIV of the Convention.