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Part VI · Supplementary

47. Interpretation

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—

“authorized analyst” means the Government Analyst, the

Additional Government Analyst, a Deputy

Government Analyst, a Senior Assistant Government

Analyst and an Assistant Government Analyst;

“chemicals” means the chemicals to which this Act applies specified in Schedules I, II and III to this

Act;

“chemical weapon” means the following, together or separately:—

(a)

toxic chemical and their precursors, except where intended for purposes not prohibited under the Convention, as long as the types and quantities are consistent with such purposes;

(b)

munitions and devices, specifically designed to cause death or other harm through the toxic properties of those toxic chemicals specified in subparagraph (a), which would be released as a result of the employment of such munitions and devices; and

(c)

Any equipment specifically designed for use directly in connection with the employment of munitions and devices specified in subparagraph (b);

“precursor” means any chemical reactant which takes part at any stage in the production by whatever method of a toxic chemical. This includes any key component of a binary or multi-component chemical system;

“purpose not prohibited under this Convention” means:

(a)

industrial, agricultural, research, medical, pharmaceutical or other peaceful purposes;

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(b)

protective purposes, namely those purposes directly related to protection against toxic chemicals and to protection against chemical weapons;

(c)

military purposes not connected with the use of chemical weapons and not dependent on the use of the toxic properties of chemicals as a method of warfare; and

(d)

law enforcement including domestic riot control purposes;

“riot control agent” means any chemical not listed in a

Schedule, which can produce rapidly in humans sensory irritation or disabling physical effects which disappear within a short time following termination of exposure;

“toxic chemical” means any toxic chemical specified in

Schedules I, II and III to this Act, which through its chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals and includes such chemicals, regardless of their origin or of their method of production, and regardless of whether they are produced in facilities, in munitions or elsewhere;

“unscheduled discrete organic chemical” means any chemical belonging to the class of chemical compounds consisting of all compounds of carbon except for its oxides, sulfides and metal carbonates, identifiable by chemical name, by structural formula, if known, and by chemical abstracts service registry number, if assigned.

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