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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-act-1994-overseas-territories-order-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-act-1994-overseas-territories-order-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-30.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1030",
  "legislation_title": "The Antarctic Act 1994 (Overseas Territories) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-act-1994-overseas-territories-order-1995",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/30",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Power of arrest etc.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of any proceedings for an offence under this Act a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or the Governor and stating that at the time specified in the certificate—\n(a) a State was or was not a party to the Protocol,\n(b) a person was or was not an Antarctic Treaty official as defined in section 22, or\n(c) a person was or was not a Convention official as defined in section 23,\nshall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it.\n(2) A document purporting to be a certificate such as is mentioned in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.\n(3) A document purporting to be a written authorisation such as is mentioned in section 3(4), 5(1), 7(1), 8(1) or 9 (1) shall be deemed to be such an authorisation unless the contrary is proved.",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1030/schedule/1/paragraph/30",
    "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."
}