# The Environment Protection(Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order extends to the Falkland Islands and to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands the provisions of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 which control the deposit of substances and articles in the sea and under the sea bed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1748/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-protectionoverseas-territories-amendment-order-1997/note
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