18. Precursor Control Authority to be responsible for the administration of this pan

The Minister shall appoint a person or a body of persons as the Precursor control Authority (hereinafter ieferred to as '!the

Authority") who shall be charged with the responsibility of administering the provisions of this Part of this Act. The

Authority shall implement within Sri Lanka, in respect of the substances specified in Table I and Table II of the First Schedule to the Act, such measures as are required for monitoring the manufacture and.distribution of the aforesaid substances as required by the provisions of the 1988 United Nations

Convention in such manner as shall be prescribed by regulations made under the Act.