Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994
38International inspection powers
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38 International inspection powers
(1) A reference in this Division to an international inspection power is a reference to a power to: (a) search a declared facility; or (b) take photographs (including video recordings), or make sketches, of the facility, of any equipment or any matter or thing on or in the facility; or (c) inspect or examine a matter or thing; or (d) take samples of a matter or thing; or (e) measure a matter or thing; or (f) examine a document (including a record kept under this Act or the regulations or under a condition of a permit); or (g) take extracts from, or make copies of, a document (including a record of a kind referred to in paragraph (f)); or (h) operate equipment, including electronic equipment, located at the facility, if the national inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that the equipment can be operated without damaging it; or (i) take onto a facility any equipment or material that is approved by the Organization and reasonably required for the purpose of exercising a power under any of the above paragraphs. (2) A power referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h) or (i) may only be exercised in a manner that the national inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, to be in accordance with safety procedures applicable at the facility.