ANTARCTIC PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM.
EXTENSION OF EXPIRY DATES FOR CERTAIN SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

The Representatives,

Recalling Recommendations VIII-4, XIII-8, XIV-5, XV-6 and XV-7 adopting the Management Plans for Sites of Special Scientific Interest numbers 1, 2, 3, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31 and 32;

Noting that the expiry date for these sites is 31 December 2000, but wishing to continue to protect these sites, until such time that their respective Management Plans have been revised in accordance with Annex V of the Environmental Protocol;

Recommend to their Governments the following Measure for approval in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article IX of the Antarctic Treaty.

That the date of expiry of the management plans in the list annexed to this Measure be extended until 31 December 2005, and that this Measure be applied provisionally, to the fullest extent possible consistent with their Governments' domestic laws and regulations, pending such approval.

Annex to Measure 2 (2000)

SSSI Number 1 Cape Royds, Ross Island
SSSI Number 2 Arrival Heights, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island
SSSI Number 3 Barwick Valley, Victoria Land
SSSI Number 16 North-Eastern Bailey Peninsula, Budd Coast
SSSI Number 20 Biscoe Point, Anvers Island
SSSI Number 21 Parts of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
SSSI Number 24 Summit of Mount Melbourne, Northern Victoria Land
SSSI Number 25 Marine Plain, Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills
SSSI Number 26 Chile Bay, (Discovery Bay), Greenwich Island
SSSI Number 27 Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
SSSI Number 28 South Bay, Doumer Island, Palmer Archipelago
SSSI Number 29 Ablation Point-Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island
SSSI Number 31 Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
SSSI Number 32 Cape Shirreff, Livingstone Island, South Shetland Islands