Antarctic Treaties Act 1996: Regulations (G.N. No. 980 of 1997)

EnviroLeg cc ANTARCTIC TREATIES Reg p 1 GN. R. 980 GG18150 18 July 1997 ANTARCTIC TREATIES ACT, 1996 (ACT No. 60 OF 1996) REGULATIONS The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has under section 6 of the Antarctic Treaties Act, 1996 (Act No 60 of 1996), made the regulations as set out in the Schedule. SCHEDULE Definitions 1. In these regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act and the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources shall also have the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates Convention means the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources; Conservation measure means any measure agreed under Article IX of the Convention which is in force. Catching of Antarctic marine living resources without a permit prohibited 2.(a) No person shall catch or attempt to catch any Antarctic marine living resources protected by the Convention unless authorised thereto by means of a permit issued by the Minister. (b) Such permit will set out the relevant conservation measures under the Convention as may be in force. Penalties 3. The penalty for the contravention of regulation 2 shall be the same as for a contravention of the Convention as set out in Column 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act, opposite Item IV of Column 1 of that Schedule.