Statutory Instruments
CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Made
3rd August 1996
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 39(1) of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996(1), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 (Commencement) Order 1996.
2. The day appointed for the coming into force of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996, except for section 39, is 16th September 1996.
Anthony Nelson
Minister for Trade,
Department of Trade and Industry
3rd August 1996
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 (“the Act”) on 16th September 1996 with the exception of section 39, which came into force on Royal Assent.
The Act implements in the United Kingdom the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, which was signed in Paris on 13th January 1993 (Cm 2331).