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Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980

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Distinguished Terms in this instrument
Term(s) Definition Defined in Legislation See Section(s)
aircraft

means a machine or apparatus that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air or from buoyancy, but does not include a hovercraft.

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animal

includes:

(a) a native bird, a native invertebrate and a native seal; and

(b) an egg, part of an egg and an eggshell; and

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another Contracting Party

means a Contracting Party to the Treaty other than Australia.

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Antarctic

means the area south of 60 south latitude, including all ice shelves in the area.

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Antarctic specially managed area

means an area declared to be an under section 8.

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Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980 - 8 Antarctic specially protected areas etc.
Antarctic specially protected area

means an area declared to be an under section 8.

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article

includes a substance or a mixture of substances.

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Australia

includes all the Territories.

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Australian expedition

means an expedition organized by one or more of any of the following:

(a) an Australian organization;

(b) an Australian citizen;

(c) a person resident or domiciled in Australia.

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Australian national

means:

(a) an Australian citizen; and

(b) a body corporate that is incorporated in Australia or carries on its activities mainly in Australia.

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Australian organization

means:

(a) a corporation that is incorporated in Australia or whose activities are carried on principally in Australia; or

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Australian property

means property that:

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basic environmental principles

means the environmental principles set out in Article 3 of the Madrid Protocol.

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CEMP site

means a monitoring site:

(a) established for the purposes of the Ecosystem Monitoring Program conducted by the Parties to the CAMLR Convention; and

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civil penalty order

has the meaning given by subsection 22(4).

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Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980 - 22 Civil penalty orders
civil penalty provision

: a provision of this Act is a

if:

(a) the provision sets out at its foot a pecuniary penalty, or penalties, indicated by the words “Civil penalty”; and

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collect

, in relation to a native plant, includes severing, or applying any substance harmful to, the plant.

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continental shelf

has the same meaning as in paragraph 1 of Article 76 of the Convention.

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contravention

, in relation to a provision, includes a failure to comply with that provision.

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corresponding law

means a law of another Contracting Party, as in force for the time being, giving effect to the Treaty or the Madrid Protocol.

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