Antarctic Environmental Protection Regulations (SOR/2003-363)

Marginal note:Obligations

• 12 (1) The permit holder must

  • (a) ensure that all persons to whom the permit applies receive training designed to limit the impact of their activities on the Antarctic environment;

  • (b) inform all persons to whom the permit applies of the requirements of the permit and these Regulations, including the requirements relating to the waste management plan and the emergency plan;

  • (c) within the time required in the permit, provide the Minister with a written summary report on the activities conducted within the Antarctic;

  • (d) unless subsection (2) applies, declare in the written summary report that all of the conditions of the permit have been fully adhered to;

  • (e) provide the Minister with an itinerary for the activities, including the route to be followed;

  • (f) notify the Minister in advance about any significant changes to the itinerary, including changes to the route to be followed; and

  • (g) provide any additional information that is requested by the Minister, within 30 days after the day on which the request is made.

• Marginal note:Failure to comply with condition

  (2) If the permit holder or any other person to whom the permit applies fails to comply with a condition of the permit, the permit holder must give the Minister

  • (a) notice of that failure without delay and in any event within 30 days after the day on which the failure to comply occurs; and

  • (b) a written report, within 60 days after the day on which the failure to comply occurs, that identifies the condition and explains the failure to comply.

• Marginal note:Possession and production of permits

  (3) Every permit holder and every other person to whom the permit applies must

  • (a) either be in possession of the permit, or a numbered copy of the permit, or have ready access to it at all times while in the Antarctic; and

  • (b) produce the permit, or a numbered copy of the permit, on request to the Minister, an inspector designated by the Minister under subsection 45(1) of the Act or an observer designated under Article VII of the Treaty.

• Marginal note:Permit on vessel

  (4) A permit issued for a vessel must be kept on board the vessel.