Regulation 17 Application of Part 5

This Part applies when the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds for believing that a United Kingdom national (hereinafter referred to as “the suspect”) has committed an offence under the Act (hereinafter referred to as “the offence”) and is in any part of Antarctica or, in respect of those offences referred to in section 29(1)(a), is in any part of the area south of the Antarctic Convergence.