Cap. 392 Art. 5NationalAuthority.
(1) The Minister shall designate or establish a National Authority to serve as an effective liaison with the Organisation pursuant to Article VII of the Convention. The National Authority shall be run by a Director. The Minister shall also designate a person to be the National Authority Inspector.
(2) (a) Any person who has, in accordance with the Convention, been designated by the Technical Secretariat to carry out, or assist in, inspections or visits as inspectors or inspection assistants, shall be an OPCW inspector for the purposes of this Act.
(b) OPCW inspectors shall, for the purposes of this Act, enjoy such privileges and immunities as set out in sub part B of Part II of the Annex on Implementation and Verification of the Convention to this Act.
(3) The National Authority shall -
(i) fulfil the obligations as stated in the Convention in regard to reporting to the Organisation, and in doing so it may request any information from those sectors of the industry, business, or any activity concerned which in the opinion of the Authority may possess such information or be engaged in activities covered by the Convention;
(ii) have the power to inspect any premises, after giving reasonable due notice and after giving the person in charge of the premises sufficient time to explain and justify any action carried out therein, and to give such orders and directions in order to enforce the implementation of the provisions of the Convention;
(iii) be responsible for the compiling of a national register containing information on all types of existing chemicals and chemical production facilities, the nature of the activity carried therein as well as the ultimate destination of the finished products;
(iv) inform and advise Government of any chemical weapons or production facility and formulate a
(ii) For the purposes of this subarticle, "relevant persons" means the National Authority Inspector, the Director, OPCW inspectors and any other class of persons which may be prescribed by regulation.