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Prospective
(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for any of the following matters, that is to say—
(a)the arrest in any part of Antarctica of any person suspected of committing an offence under this Act;
(b)the conveyance in custody of any person so arrested to any place where he can be tried for that offence;
(c)the seizure and detention of any article which may be evidence of an offence under this Act and its conveyance to any place where a person charged with that offence can be tried; and
(d)the attendance, before any court by which a person can be tried for an offence under this Act, of any person required to give evidence or produce documents in proceedings relating to that offence.
(2)Any Order in Council made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council certify who are the Contracting States.
(2)For the purpose of any proceedings before any court in any part of the United Kingdom—
(a)any Order in Council under subsection (1) above shall be conclusive evidence of the matters certified by the Order; and
(b)any document purporting—
(i)to be a licence under section 3 above or an authorisation granted under the corresponding law of another Contracting State; and
(ii)to be issued in respect of a person bearing the name by which a person is referred to in those proceedings,
shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to be such a licence or authorisation and to relate to the person so referred to.
The Commission shall have the legal capacities of a body corporate.
(1)There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any sums which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom are obliged to pay to the Commission or other persons under or by virtue of the Convention.
(2)Any fees or other sums received by the Secretary of State by virtue of any provision of this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Act (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression used only in the same section)—
Antarctica | section 1(4) |
the Commission | section 2(2) |
Contracting State | section 2(2) |
the Convention | section 2(2) |
the Crown | section 2(2) |
employee of the Crown | section 2(3) |
licence and licensee | section 3(6) |
mineral resource | section 1(4) |
person to whom section 1 applies | section 1(2) and (3) |
prescribed | section 3(6) |
prospecting activities | section 2(1) and (2) |
United Kingdom national | section 1(4) |
(1)This Act may be cited as the Antarctic Minerals Act 1989.
(2)This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed under this subsection for different purposes.
(3)Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any of the provisions of this Act shall extend, with such modifications (if any) as may be specified in the Order, to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any colony.
(4)It is hereby declared that this Act extends to Northern Ireland.
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