§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department for what reasons the Antarctic Minerals Act 1989 has not fully been brought into force; and when he intends to fully bring it into force. [196]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorI have been asked to reply.
The Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities (CRAMRA) has, in effect, been superseded by the 1991 environmental protocol to the Antarctic treaty. Provisions to enable the United Kingdom to ratify the protocol were included in Antarctic Act 1994. The Act also repealed the Antarctic Minerals Act 1989, except for provisions relating only to the administration of justice for the British Antarctic Territory.