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Antarctic Treaties Act, 1996 (Act No. 60 of 1996)

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Antarctic Treaties Regulations, 2021

Chapter 2 - Environmental Protection

8. Antarctic specially protected areas and sites

 

(1) No person may enter an Antarctic specially protected area except on the authority of a permit issued by the Minister.

 

(2) The Minister may only issue a permit contemplated in sub-regulation (1) in accordance with the requirements of the Management Plan for that specially protected area.

 

(3) Where a specially protected area does not have a Management Plan, the Minister may only issue a permit to enter such area, for a compelling scientific purpose, which cannot be served elsewhere and which will not jeopardise the natural ecological system in the specially protected area.

 

(4) A permit contemplated in sub-regulation (1) must at least contain the following details:
(a) The extent and location of the specially protected area;
(b) the specific activities that are authorised, the time period, location and by whom such activities may be undertaken;
(c) relevant conditions within the Management Plan; and
(d) any other conditions which the Minister may deem necessary.

 

(5) A permit holder must at all times carry a certified copy of a permit while in a specially protected area.

 

(6) No person may damage, remove or destroy any listed Historic sites and Monuments designated in terms of Annex 5 to the Protocol.