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Chemical Weapons Act 1996

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18Destruction etc: supplementary

(1)In sections 12 to 15 “chemical weapons production facility” has the meaning given by the definition of that expression in the Convention, and for this purpose—

(a)expressions used in the definition in the Convention shall be construed in accordance with the Convention, and

(b)section 1 shall be ignored.

(2)For the purposes of sections 12 to 16 “destroyed” and “destruction”, in relation to a building, mean demolished and demolition.

(3)Nothing in sections 12 to 15 affects any power arising otherwise than by virtue of those sections (such as a power to dispose of property in police possession in connection with the investigation of a suspected offence).

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