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ANTARCTIC TREATY (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) ACT 1980 No. 103 of 1980 - SECT 7

7. (1) Notwithstanding any other law, no action or proceeding lies against any
person for or in relation to anything done by that person to the extent that
it is authorized by a permit or by an authority of another Contracting Party.

(2) Where a provision of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975
(other than section 10) is inconsistent with a provision of this Act, then,
except as otherwise specifically provided by a provision of that or any other
Act coming into operation after the commencement of this Act, the latter
prevails, and the former has, to the extent of the inconsistency, no effect,
but, subject to sub-section (1), provisions shall not be taken for the
purposes of this sub-section to be inconsistent to the extent that they are
capable of operat- ing concurrently.

(3) Subject to paragraph 4 (2) (b), where regulations made under the
National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 are inconsistent with
regulations made under this Act, the latter prevail, and the former have, to
the extent of the inconsistency, no effect, but, subject to sub-section (1),
regu- lations shall not be taken for the purposes of this sub-section to be
inconsistent to the extent that they are capable of operating concurrently.

(4) A provision of the regulations regulating or prohibiting the flying of
aircraft over a specified area of the Antarctic does not have any force or
effect to the extent to which it is inconsistent with a law of the
Commonwealth or a corresponding law, but such a provision shall not be taken
for the purposes of this sub-section to be inconsistent with such a law to the
extent that it is capable of operating concurrently with that law.

(5) A law of the Territory has effect to the extent to which it is not
inconsistent with a provision of the regulations, but such a law shall not be
taken for the purposes of this sub-section to be inconsistent with such a
provision to the extent that it is capable of operating concurrently with that
provision.
(6) In this section, "this Act" does not include the regulations.