Chemical Weapons Convention Act 2007 · As enacted · Part IV
24. Registration of persons engaged in production, &c, of any toxic chemical or precursor
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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No person, shall after the commencement of this
Act, produce, process, acquire, consume, transfer, import, export or use any toxic chemical or precursor listed in
Schedules I, II and III to this Act or produce any unscheduled discrete organic chemical unless such person has applied to the Authority for registration of his name as a producer, processor, acquirer, consumer, transferor, importer, exporter or user of any toxic chemical or precursor, as the case may be, or as a producer of any unscheduled discrete organic chemical.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Board of
Investment Law, No. 4 of 1978, every person who is engaged in the development, production, processing, acquisition, consumption, transfer, import, export or use of any toxic chemical or precursor listed in Schedules I, II and III to this
Act or engaged in the production of any unscheduled discrete organic chemical, shall, make within thirty days from the commencement of this Act, make an application to the
Authority for registration of his name, as a producer, processor, acquirer, consumer, transferor, importer, exporter or user of any toxic chemical or precursor or, as the case may be, or as a producer of any unscheduled discrete organic chemical.
The form of application to be made to the Authority under subsection (1) or subsection (2), the particulars to be contained in such application form, the manner in which
Chemical Weapons Convention such application shall be made, the fee payable on such application, the form of Certificate of Registration and the procedure to be followed in granting or cancelling a
Certificate of Registration shall be as prescribed.
On receipt of the application referred to in subsection (1) or subsection (2) the Authority shall, if the application is in the prescribed form, register the name of the applicant and grant him a Certificate of Registration.
The Certificate of Registration granted in terms of this section shall be valid for the period specified therein and may be renewed from time to time for such further period and on payment of such fee, as may be prescribed.
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