The Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/2054
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 27th August 2002. The Antarctic Regulations 1995 (“the principal Regulations”), as amended , and these Regulations may be cited together as the Antarctic Regulations 1995 to 2002.

Section 2 Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2 to the principal Regulations

The Schedules to the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:

(a) There shall be added to Schedule 1 the areas listed and described in Part A of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(b) There shall be deleted from Schedule 1 the area listed as “Specially Protected Area No. 20 “New College Valley””.

(c) The areas listed and described in Schedule 1 as “Specially Protected Areas” and “Sites of Special Scientific Interest” shall be renamed “Antarctic Specially Protected Areas” and renumbered in accordance with Part B of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(d) There shall be added to Schedule 2 the Historic Sites and Monuments listed in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Section 75

The “A Hut” of Scott Base, being the only existing Trans Antarctic Expedition 1956–57 building in Antarctica sited at Pram Point, Ross Island, Ross Sea Region, Antarctica.

Section 76

The ruins of the Base Pedro Aguirre Cerda, being a Chilean meteorological and volcanological centre situated at Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, Antarctica, that was destroyed by volcanic eruptions in 1967 and 1969.