Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 587

The Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Areas) Order 1988

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1988 No. 587

ANTARCTICA

The Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Areas) Order 1988

Made	23rd March 1988

Laid before Parliament

31st March 1988

Coming into force

22nd April 1988

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of March 1988

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 7(2)(b) and 10(7) of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967^[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Areas) Order 1988.

    (2)  This Order shall come into force on 22nd April 1988.

    2.    For the purposes of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967, the areas specified in the Schedule to this Order, being areas which have been recommended for inclusion in Annex B to Schedule 2 to the said Act, are designated as Specially Protected Areas.

    3.    The Schedule to the Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Areas) Order 1968^[2] is amended by the deletion of the description and map of Specially Protected Area No. 7 (Cape Hallett, Victoria Land).

G.I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

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Notes:

[1] 1967 c. 65.

[2] S.I. 1968/888.

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