Section 3 Issue of permits.

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State may issue in respect of any person to whom section 1 of this Act applies a permit authorising him to do such of the things mentioned in subsection (1) and (2) of that section as are specified in the permit.

C1(2)

The Secretary of State may delegate his powers under the preceding subsection to any person who for the time being—

(a)

holds office as Director of the British Antarctic Survey or holds an appointment (by whatever name called) having functions similar to those which at the passing of this Act are performed by that Director, or

(b)

is the officer in charge of a station maintained in Antarctica by or on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, or

(c)

is in charge of an expedition to Antarctica organised in or proceeding from the United Kingdom or any other territory to which this section extends.

(3)

Any permit under this section may be issued subject to such conditions and limitations as (subject to subsection (5) of this section) the Secretary of State or other person issuing the permit considers appropriate.

(4)

In connection with the matters authorised by any such permit, the permit may require the person in respect of whom it is issued to make to the Secretary of State or other person issuing the permit a report, at such times and in such manner as may be specified in the permit, as to the occurrence of such acts and events as may be so specified.

(5)

In the exercise of any power conferred by or under this section, the Secretary of State or other person exercising the power shall have regard to the Agreed Measures.

(6)

Any person to whom the power to issue permits is delegated under subsection (2) of this section shall, in respect of each year, send to the Secretary of State a report in accordance with the next following subsection; and every such report shall be sent to the Secretary of State as soon as practicable after the end of the year to which it relates.

(7)

A report made by any person under the last preceding subsection in respect of any year shall contain such particulars of permits under this section issued by him in that year, and of information received by him in that year in pursuance of subsection (4) of this section, as the Secretary of State may require.

(8)

In this section “year” means a period of twelve months ending with June.

Annotations

Modifications

C1: S. 3(2)–(8) extended by S.I. 1988/1296, art. 4(2)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (1.11.1995) (except in respect of the repeal of Sections 6, 7(2)(b) and (7), 8, 9, 10 and 11) by 1994 c. 15, s. 33, Sch.; S.I. 1995/2748, art. 2