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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-treaty-act-1967/schedule-1/crossheading-article-iv/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/65",
  "legislation_title": "Antarctic Treaty Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-treaty-act-1967",
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  "text": "Nothing contained in the present Treaty shall be interpreted as:\n(a) a renunciation by any Contracting Party of previously asserted rights of or claims to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica;\n(b) a renunciation or diminution by any Contracting Party of any basis of claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica which it may have whether as a result of its activities or those of its nationals in Antarctica, or otherwise;\n(c) prejudicing the position of any Contracting Party as regards its recognition or non-recognition of any other State’s right of or claim or basis of claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:55:07.846950+00:00"
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  "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."
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