
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Antarctic Treaty (Agreed Measures) Order 1988.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 22nd April 1988.
2 
Article VIII of the Agreed Measures, set out in Schedule 2 to the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967, is amended by replacing the full stop at the end of paragraph 2(b) with a semicolon, and adding a new subparagraph as follows:“
(c) entry by their nationals, except in accordance with a permit issued under Article VI or under paragraph 2(a) of the present Article or in accordance with a permit issued for some other compelling scientific purpose.”
3 
Annex C to the Agreed Measures, set out in Schedule 2 to the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967, is amended by inserting in subparagraph (c), after the word “plants”, the words “including viruses, bacteria, yeasts and fungi”.
G.I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council
