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Antarctic Act 2013

Section 11 – Offences

45.This section contains various technical provisions relating to offences under the Act. It provides in subsection (1) that sections 17 (places where proceedings may be taken etc.), 19 (offences by bodies corporate and Scottish partnerships), 28 (consents required for institution of proceedings) and 29(1)(b) and (2) (power to make regulations about arrest) of the 1994 Act apply in relation to offences under the Act as if such offences were offences under Part 2 of the 1994 Act. Subsections (2) to (5) and (7) deal with offences committed by unincorporated associations and subsection (6) sets out the extent of a reference to an offence under the Act.

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