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1971 No. 1236
ANTARCTICA
The Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Area) Order 1971
Made
28th July 1971
Laid before Parliament
3rd August 1971
Coming into Operation
4th August 1971
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of July 1971
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 7(2)(b) of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. This Order may be cited as the Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Area) Order 1971 and shall come into operation on 4th August 1971.
2. For the purposes of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967, the following area, being an area which has been recommended for inclusion in Annex B to Schedule 2 to the said Act, is designated as a Specially Protected Area:
SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREA No. 16
COPPERMINE PENINSULA, ROBERT ISLAND,
SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS
Lat. 62° 23-²S., Long. 59° 42-²W.
This area, the location of which is shown on the map in the Schedule hereto, compri0ses all the land west of a line drawn from north to south across the Peninsula, 100 metres west of the two shelters found on the isthmus.
W. G. Agnew
SCHEDULE
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order designates as a Specially Protected Area for the purposes of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967 a further area in the Antarctic which has been recommended for inclusion in Annex B to the Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora (Schedule 2 to the Act) in pursuance of Article IX(1) of the Antarctic Treaty.