Section 14. Knowledge about Old or Abandoned Chemical Weapons to be informed to National Authority

14. Knowledge about Old or Abandoned Chemical Weapons to be informed to National Authority. CHAPTER III PROHIBITION AND REGULATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND TOXIC CHEMICALS 13. Prohibition to develop, produce, acquire, etc., Chemical Weapons. —(1) No person shall— (a) develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or use Chemical Weapons or transfer, directly or indirectly, any Chemical Weapons to any person; (b) use riot control agents as a method of warfare; - (c) engage in any military preparations to use Chemical Weapons; (d) assist, encourage or induce, in any manner, any person to engage in— - (i) the use of any riot control agent as a method of warfare; - (ii) any other activity prohibited to a State Party under the Convention. (2) The prohibition contained in sub-section (1) shall not apply to the retention or possession of Chemical Weapons, which are permitted by the Convention, pending destruction of such Weapons. 14. Knowledge about Old or Abandoned Chemical Weapons to be informed to National Authority. —Any person having knowledge about the possession or location of Old Chemical Weapons or Abandoned Chemical Weapons shall inform the National Authority of such possession and the precise location of such Old Chemical Weapons or Abandoned Chemical Weapons within seven days from the commencement of this Act: Provided that where the knowledge about the possession or location of Old Chemical Weapons or Abandoned Chemical Weapons is obtained after the commencement of this Act, an information about knowledge of such possession or location shall be given to the National Authority within seven days from the occurrence of such knowledge. 14. If the Executive Council takes a decision pursuant to paragraph 13, the Organization shall have the right to monitor the implementation of the bilateral or multilateral agreement. 14. The chemical weapons production facility shall be converted in such a manner that the converted facility is not more capable of being reconverted into a chemical weapons production facility than any other facility used for industrial, agricultural, research, medical, pharmaceutical or other peaceful purposes not involving chemicals listed in Schedule 1. 14. Sessions of the Conference shall take place at the seat of the Organization unless the Conference decides otherwise. 14. The Director-General shall immediately ascertain that the inspection request meets the requirements specified in Part X, paragraph 4, of the Verification Annex, and, if necessary, assist the requesting State Party in filing the inspection request accordingly. When the inspection request fulfils the requirements, preparations for the challenge inspection shall begin. 14. "Inspection Mandate" means the instructions issued by the Director-General to the inspection team for the conduct of a particular inspection. 14. The immunity from jurisdiction of members of the inspection team may be waived by the Director-General in those cases when the Director-General is of the opinion that immunity would impede the course of justice and that it can be waived without prejudice to the implementation of the provisions of this Convention. Waiver must always be express. 14. The inspected State Party shall immediately notify the Technical Secretariat if an event occurs or may occur at a facility where monitoring instruments are installed, which may have an impact on the monitoring system. The inspected State Party shall coordinate subsequent actions with the Technical Secretariat with a view to restoring the operation of the monitoring system and establishing interim measures, if necessary, as soon as possible. 14. Each State Party shall ensure that its chemical weapons destruction facilities are constructed and operated in a manner to ensure the destruction of the chemical weapons; and that the destruction process can be verified under the provisions of this Convention. Order of destruction 14. Consultations between the Territorial State Party and the Abandoning State Party with a view to establishing a mutually agreed plan for destruction shall begin not later than 30 days after the Technical Secretariat has been informed of the request referred to in paragraph 13. The mutually agreed plan for destruction shall be transmitted to the Technical Secretariat not later than 180 days after the Technical Secretariat has been informed of the request referred to in paragraph 13. Upon the request of the Abandoning State Party and the Territorial State Party, the Executive Council may extend the time-limit for transmission of the mutually agreed plan for destruction. 14. While the chemical weapons production facility remains closed, a State Party may continue safety and physical security activities at the facility. Technical maintenance of chemical weapons production facilities prior to their destruction 14. Each State Party shall give advance notification to the Technical Secretariat of planned changes related to the initial declaration. The notification shall be submitted not less than 180 days before the changes are to take place. 14. The Technical Secretariat shall conduct initial inspections and subsequent inspections in accordance with paragraphs 15 to 22. Inspection aims 14. Under this Section, the Technical Secretariat shall randomly select plant sites for inspection through appropriate mechanisms, such as the use of specially designed computer software, on the basis of the following weighting factors: (a) Equitable geographical distribution of inspections; and (b) The information on the declared plant sites available to the Technical Secretariat, related to the relevant chemical, the characteristics of the plant site and the nature of the activities carried out there. 14. At plant sites listed under Section A, the general aim of inspections shall be to verify that activities are consistent with the information to be provided in declarations. The particular aim of inspections shall be the verification of the absence of any Schedule 1 chemical, especially its production, except if in accordance with Part VI of this Annex. Inspection procedures 14. If the requested perimeter is acceptable to the inspected State Party, it shall be designated as the final perimeter as early as possible, but in no case later than 24 hours after the arrival of the inspection team at the point of entry. The inspected State Party shall transport the inspection team to the final perimeter of the inspection site. If the inspected State Party deems it necessary, such transportation may begin up to 12 hours before the expiry of the time period specified in this paragraph for the designation of the final perimeter. Transportation shall, in any case, be completed not later than 36 hours after the arrival of the inspection team at the point of entry. 14. Before the commencement of the inspection the inspection team shall prepare an inspection plan to serve, inter alia , as a basis for logistic and safety arrangements. The inspection plan shall be updated as need arises. C. CONDUCT OF INSPECTIONS Access