{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-treaty-act-1967/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-treaty-act-1967/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/65",
  "legislation_title": "Antarctic Treaty Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-treaty-act-1967",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "THE ANTARCTIC TREATY",
  "text": "The Governments of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, the French Republic, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the Union of South Africa, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America,\nRecognising that it is in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord;\nAcknowledging the substantial contributions to scientific knowledge resulting from international co-operation in scientific investigation in Antarctica;\nConvinced that the establishment of a firm foundation for the continuation and development of such co-operation on the basis of freedom of scientific investigation in Antarctica as applied during the International Geophysical Year accords with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind;\nConvinced also that a treaty ensuring the use of Antarctica for peaceful purposes only and the continuance of international harmony in Antarctica will further the purposes and principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations;\nHave agreed as follows:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/65/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:55:07.846950+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."
}