Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Act,

  Convention

  Convention means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, signed at Paris, France on January 13, 1993, as amended from time to time pursuant to Article XV of the Convention; (Convention)

  international inspector

  international inspector means a person who holds a certificate issued by the Minister under section 12; (inspecteur international)

  Minister

  Minister means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as may be designated by the Governor in Council to be the Minister for the purposes of this Act; (ministre)

  National Authority

  National Authority means the portion of the federal public administration designated as the National Authority for Canada under subsection 3(1); (autorité nationale)

  place

  place includes any means of transport; (lieu)

  prescribed

  prescribed means prescribed by the regulations; (Version anglaise seulement)

  representative of the National Authority

  representative of the National Authority means a representative of the National Authority designated under subsection 3(2). (représentant de l’autorité nationale)

• Marginal note:Other words and expressions

  (2) Unless the context otherwise requires, all words and expressions used in this Act have the same meaning as in the Convention.

• (3) [Repealed, 2024, c. 14, s. 1]