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Part II · Establishment of the National Authority for the Implementation of the Chemical Weapon’S Convention

18. Powers of the inspector

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(1)

Subject to any rules made in that behalf, an

Inspector shall have the power for the purposes of this Act, to do all or any of the following acts :—

(a)

to enter and search any premises or a facility at all reasonable times by day or night ;

(b)

inspect or examine a matter or thing found in any premises or facility ;

(c)

take samples of a matter or thing found in any premises or facility ;

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(d)

measure a matter or thing found in any premises or facility ;

(e)

examine a document including a record kept in accordance with the requirements of this Act, the regulations made thereunder or the conditions of a permit ;

(f)

take extracts from, or make copies of, a document

(including a record of a kind referred to in paragraph (e)) or make images of any matter or thing by any means whatsoever ;

(g)

operate any equipment, including electronic equipment, located at the premises or facility if the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that the equipment can be operated without causing damage thereto ;

(h)

take into any premises or facility any equipment or material that is reasonably required for the purpose of exercising a power under any of the above paragraphs ;

(i)

question personnel working on the site ; and

(j)

do any other act or thing necessary or convenient to be done to carry out an inspection.

(2)

In addition to the powers under subsection (1) a reference to an inspection power shall include, in respect of an Inspector, a power to seize and detain any substance that the Inspector believes on reasonable grounds to be evidential material in relation to an offence committed under this Act.

(3)

The powers referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d)

and (g) of subsection (1) may, on reasonable grounds, be exercised by an Inspector under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 25, only—

(a)

with the approval of the Chairman or the Director of the Authority ; and

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(b)

in accordance with any safety procedures applicable at the premises or facility.

(4)

The owner or occupier of any premises or facility, his agents and servants shall at all times furnish the means or facilities required by and Inspector as are necessary for the purpose of exercising his powers under subsection (1).

Part III

PROHIBTITION AND REGULATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND TOXIC

CHEMICALS

Read on from s 19

Part IV

Read on from Part IV

Part VI

Supplementary

Read on from Part VI

Schedules