Antarctic Act 2013
Part 1Environmental emergencies
Duty to take response action
1Duty to take response action
Civil liability for failure to respond to environmental emergency
2Liability to Parties to Annex VI
3Liability to Antarctic Environmental Liability Fund
4Civil liability: supplementary
Preparatory measures
5Duty to take preventative measures and make contingency plan
6Insurance relating to environmental emergencies
Information
7Duty to inform Secretary of State
8Secretary of State's power to require information
Application of this Part
9General exclusions
10The Crown
General
11Offences
12Orders
13Interpretation
Part 2Miscellaneous and final
Miscellaneous
14Application of offences to non-nationals
15Historic Sites and Monuments: permits
16Conservation of animals and plants
Final
17Northern Ireland
18Extent, commencement and short title
SCHEDULECivil liability: supplementary
Financial limits
1(1) Sections 2 and 3 do not require payment, in...
2(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) have effect in any case...
Joint and several liability
3In a case where an environmental emergency arises from activities...
Double recovery
4A person is not liable under section 2 or 3...
Interaction with Part 9 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995
5(1) A person is not liable to make a payment...

Antarctic Act 2013

2013 c. 15

An Act to make provision consequential on Annex VI to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty; to amend the Antarctic Act 1994; and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—