COMMENCEMENT: ANTARCTIC TREATIES ACT, 1996 (ACT No. 60 OF 1996)

In terms of section 14 of the Antarctic Treaties Act, 1996 (Act No. 60 of 1996), I hereby determine 1 February 1997 as the date on which the said Act shall come into operation.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Pretoria this Twenty-second day of January, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-seven.

N. R. MANDELA
President

By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:

Z. P. JORDAN
Minister of the Cabinet