Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ANTARCTIC TREATY (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) ACT 1980 - SECT 9A

             (1)  A person who is a principal under a permit (see subsection (6)) may authorise, as necessary, other persons to accompany one or more of the principals under that permit in carrying on activities authorised by the permit.

             (2)  A principal must not authorise a person under subsection (1) unless:

                     (a)  the permit contains a condition allowing principals to do so; and

                     (b)  the authorisation is given in accordance with any requirements set out in that condition and any other conditions contained in the permit.

             (3)  A person authorised to accompany principals under a permit must comply with the conditions of the permit.

             (4)  Subject to subsection (3), a permit is, for the purposes of this Act, taken to authorise the carrying on by a person authorised under subsection (1) of any activity specified in the permit.

             (5)  The authorisation of a person under subsection (1) does not prevent a principal under that permit from carrying on any activities.

             (6)  In this section:

"principal" , under a permit, means a person:

                     (a)  to whom the permit was granted under subsection 9(1); or

                     (b)  who is named in the permit.