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Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 786

ANTARCTICA

The Antarctic Treaty (Contracting Parties) Order 1988

Made

27th April 1988

At the Court of Saint James, the 27th day of April 1988

Present,

The Counsellors of State in Council

Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 28th day of March 1988, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by sections 7(1) and 10(7) of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967((1)) and all other powers enabling Her Majesty, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

1. This Order may be cited as the Antarctic Treaty (Contracting Parties) Order 1988.

2. It is hereby certified that the Contracting Parties for the purposes of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967 are as specified in the Schedule to this Order.

3. The Antarctic Treaty (Contracting Parties) Order 1986(2) is hereby revoked.

G.I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Chile

Cuba

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Ecuador

Federal Republic of Germany

Finland

The French Republic

German Democratic Republic

Greece

Hungary

India

Italy

Japan

Republic of Korea

The Netherlands

New Zealand

North Korea

Norway

Papua New Guinea

People's Republic of China

Peru

Poland

Romania

Republic of South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United States of America

Uruguay

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds Austria, Ecuador, Greece and North Korea to the list of Contracting Parties to the Antarctic Treaty, certified as such for the purposes of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967.

(2)

S.I. 1986/2221.


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