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Paragraph 4 Permits required for British stations in Antarctica

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

No person may remain on a British station in Antarctica except in accordance with a permit granted under this section.

(2)

For the purposes of this section a station is a British station if it is maintained by or on behalf of a United Kingdom national.

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

(4)

If subsection (1) is contravened by a person who—

(a)

is on a station in respect of which a permit has been granted under this section to another person, and

(b)

is specified or of a description specified in that permit,

that other person shall be guilty of an offence.

(5)

The Governor, with the consent of the Secretary of State, may on the application of any person grant to him a permit authorising any person specified or of a description specified in the permit to remain on any British station in Antarctica specified in the permit or of a description specified in the permit.