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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-act-1994-overseas-territories-order-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-28",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1030",
  "legislation_title": "The Antarctic Act 1994 (Overseas Territories) Order 1995",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/28",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Institution of proceedings",
  "text": "Proceedings for an offence under this Act shall not be instituted in the Territory except by or with the consent of the principal public officer of the Territory having responsibility for criminal prosecutions:\nProvided that this section shall not prevent the arrest, or the issue or execution of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of such an offence, or the remand in custody or on bail of any person charged with such an offence, notwithstanding that the necessary consent to the institution of proceedings for the offence has not been obtained.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "text amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2017/779",
      "affecting_title": "The Antarctic Act 1994 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2017"
    },
    {
      "type": "text amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/823",
      "affecting_title": "The Antarctic Act 1994 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2015"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1030/schedule/1/paragraph/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:11:10.412674+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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