Section 26. Power to stop and search conveyance

26. Power to stop and search conveyance. —Any subordinate officer authorised under section 23 may, if he has reason to suspect that any conveyance is, or is likely to be, used for the transport of any goods in respect of which he suspects that any provision of this Act has been, or is being, or is likely to be, contravened at any time, stop such conveyance, or in the case of an aircraft compel it to land and— - (a) rummage and search the conveyance or part thereof; - (b) examine and search any goods in the conveyance; - (c) if it becomes necessary to stop the conveyance, he may use all lawful means for stopping it. 26. The Executive Council shall elaborate its rules of procedure and submit them to the Conference for approval. 27. The Executive Council shall elect its Chairman from among its members. 26. The inspected State Party shall provide or arrange for the amenities necessary for the inspection team such as communication means, interpretation services to the extent necessary for the performance of interviewing and other tasks, transportation, working space, lodging, meals and medical care. In this regard, the inspected State Party shall be reimbursed by the Organization for such costs incurred by the inspection team. Approved equipment 26. A decision on the request shall be taken by the Conference at its next session, on the recommendation of the Executive Council. Any extension shall be the minimum necessary, but in no case shall the deadline for a State Party to complete its destruction of all chemical weapons be extended beyond 15 years after the entry into force of this Convention. The Executive Council shall set conditions for the granting of the extension, including the specific verification measures deemed necessary as well as specific actions to be taken by the State Party to overcome problems in its destruction programme. Costs of verification during the extension period shall be allocated in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 16. 26. A State Party shall destroy equipment and buildings covered by the definition of a chemical weapons production facility as follows: (a) All specialized equipment and standard equipment shall be physically destroyed; (b) All specialized buildings and standard buildings shall be physically destroyed. 26. Each State Party planning to establish a single small-scale facility after this Convention enters into force for it shall conclude a facility agreement, based on a model agreement, with the Organization, covering detailed inspection procedures for the facility before it begins operation or is used. 26. Access to records shall be provided, as appropriate, to provide assurance that there has been no diversion of the declared chemical and that production has been consistent with declarations. 26. When transferring Schedule 3 chemicals to States not Party to this Convention, each State Party shall adopt the necessary measures to ensure that the transferred chemicals shall only be used for purposes not prohibited under this Convention. Inter alia , the State Party shall require from the recipient State a certificate stating, in relation to the transferred chemicals: - (a) That they will only be used for purposes not prohibited under this Convention; - (b) That they will not be re-transferred; - (c) Their types and quantities; - (d) Their end-use(s); and - (e) The name(s) and address(es) of the end-user(s). 26. At the first special session of the Conference convened pursuant to Article VIII, paragraph 22, the provisions of this Part of the Verification Annex shall be re-examined in the light of a comprehensive review of the overall verification regime for the chemical industry (Article VI, Parts VII to IX of this Annex) on the basis of the experience gained. The Conference shall then make recommendations so as to improve the effectiveness of the verification regime. 26. Such procedures shall include: the identification of vehicular exits, the making of traffic logs, the taking of photographs, and the making of video recordings by the inspection team of exits and exit traffic. The inspection team has the right to go, under escort, to any other part of the perimeter to check that there is no other exit activity. 26. If the inspection team collects through, inter alia , identification of any impurities or other substances during laboratory analysis of samples taken, any information in the course of its investigation that might serve to identify the origin of any chemical weapons used, that information shall be included in the report. E. STATES NOT PARTY TO THIS CONVENTION