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Chemical Weapons Act 1996

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

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Contents: 42 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 General interpretation.
  3. 2 Use etc. of chemical weapons.
  4. 3 Application of section 2.
  5. 4 Suspicious objects.
  6. 5 Power to remove or immobilise objects.
  7. 6 Power to destroy removed objects.
  8. 7 Power to enter premises and destroy objects.
  9. 8 Compensation for destruction.
  10. 9 Offences relating to destruction etc.
  11. 10 Destruction etc: supplementary.
  12. 11 Premises or equipment for producing chemical weapons.
  13. 12 Suspicious equipment or buildings.
  14. 13 Notice requiring destruction or alteration.
  15. 14 Power where notice not complied with.
  16. 15 Position where no notice can be served.
  17. 16 Compensation for destruction or alteration.
  18. 17 Offences relating to destruction etc.
  19. 18 Destruction etc: supplementary.
  20. 19 Restriction on use etc.
  21. 20 Licences.
  22. 21 Information for purposes of Act.
  23. 22 Information and records for purposes of Convention.
  24. 23 Identifying persons who have information.
  25. 24 Inspections: interpretation.
  26. 25 Rights of entry etc. for purposes of inspections.
  27. 26 Offences in connection with inspections.
  28. 27 Privileges and immunities in connection with inspections.
  29. 28 Reimbursement of expenditure.
  30. 29 Power to search and obtain evidence
  31. 30 Forfeiture in case of conviction.
  32. 30A Revenue and Customs prosecutions
  33. 31 Offences: other provisions.
  34. 32 Disclosure of information.
  35. 33 Annual reports by Secretary of State.
  36. 34 Service of notices.
  37. 35 Amendment of Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts.
  38. 36 Power to amend this Act.
  39. 37 The Crown.
  40. 38 Finance.
  41. 39 Commencement, extent and citation.
  42. Scheduled Toxic Chemicals and Precursors

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39 Commencement, extent and citation.

(1) This Act (except this section) shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument. (2) It is hereby declared that this Act extends to Northern Ireland. (3) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for extending any of the provisions of this Act, with such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Order, to any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any colony. (4) This Act may be cited as the Chemical Weapons Act 1996.

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Scheduled Toxic Chemicals and Precursors

Notes: 1 This Schedule sets out Schedule 1 to the annex on chemicals to the Convention as corrected. 2 In this Schedule the reference to the CAS registry is to the chemical abstract service registry. 3 This Schedule must be read subject to the following proposition, which is based on a note in the Convention: where reference is made to groups of dialkylated chemicals, followed by a list of alkyl groups in parentheses, all chemicals possible by all possible combinations of alkyl groups listed in the parentheses must be taken to be listed in the Schedule.

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