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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/672",
  "legislation_title": "The Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-amendment-regulations-2025",
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  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations update the Antarctic Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/490) to reflect measures adopted at the Forty-third Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, held at Paris in June 2021; the Forty-fourth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, held at Berlin in May-June 2022; the Forty-fifth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, held at Helsinki in May-June 2023; and the Forty-sixth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, held at Kochi in May 2024.\nThey amend Schedule 1 to those Regulations by:\nreplacing the descriptions of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas Nos. 103, 106, 116, 133, 137, 145, 151, 154, 156, 157 and 158 with revised versions, and\nadding descriptions of new Antarctic Specially Protected Areas Nos. 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181 and 182.\nThey also amend Schedule 2 to those Regulations by:\nreplacing the descriptions of Antarctic Historic Sites and Monuments Nos. 24, 26, 29, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 63, 75 and 93 with revised versions, and\nadding Antarctic Historic Site and Monument No. 96.\nCommand Paper CP 726 (2022), “The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the Forty-Third Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting”, is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-antarctic-treaty-measures-adopted-at-the-43rd-consultative-meeting-2021.\nCommand Paper CP 841 (2023), “The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the Forty-fourth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting”, is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-antarctic-treaty-measures-adopted-at-the-44th-consultative-meeting-2022.\nCommand Paper CP 1048 (2024), “The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the Forty-fifth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting”, is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-antarctic-treaty-measures-adopted-at-the-45th-consultative-meeting-2023.\nCommand Paper CP 1287 (2025), “The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the Forty-sixth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting”, is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-antarctic-treaty-measures-adopted-at-the-46th-consultative-meeting-2024.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.",
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