Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act

Marginal note:National Authority

• 3 (1) For the purposes of implementing Canada’s obligations under the Convention and of giving effect to paragraph 4 of Article VII of the Convention, the Minister may designate any portion of the federal public administration to be the National Authority for Canada.

• Marginal note:Representatives

  (2) For the purposes of implementing Canada’s obligations under the Convention, the Minister

  • (a) may designate persons or classes of persons to act as representatives of the National Authority; and

  • (b) shall furnish every representative of the National Authority with a certificate of designation.

• Marginal note:Contents of certificate

  (3) A certificate of designation must indicate the places or classes of places that the holder of the certificate is authorized to have access to for the purposes of this Act and any conditions applicable to the holder’s activities under the certificate that the Minister considers advisable for those purposes.

• Marginal note:Identification required

  (4) Every holder of a certificate of designation shall, on request of the person in charge of a place to be entered by the holder under this Act, show the certificate to that person.