Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES CONVENTION ACT 1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--INTRODUCTION

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Simplified outline  
   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Crown to be bound  
   6.      External Territories  

   PART 2--OFFENCES--RELATING TO ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES

   7.      Offence to place, possess, develop, produce, acquire, stockpile or transfer anti - personnel mines  
   8.      Defence Minister may grant permission to retain anti - personnel mines for the development of, and training in, mine detection techniques etc.  
   9.      Offence not to deliver up anti - personnel mines  
   10.     Destruction or deactivation of anti - personnel mines  
   11.     Forfeiture of anti - personnel mines  

   PART 3--POWERS--OF FACT-FINDING MISSIONS

   12.     Appointment of inspectors  
   13.     Conditions of appointment as an inspector  
   14.     Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance  
   15.     Inspector must produce identity card on request  
   16.     General powers of inspectors in relation to premises  
   17.     Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc.  
   18.     Announcement before entry  
   19.     Occupier entitled to be present during search  
   20.     Monitoring warrants  
   21.     Offences relating to warrants  

   PART 4--INFORMATION---GATHERING POWERS

   22.     Minister may obtain information and documents from persons  
   23.     Copying documents--reasonable compensation  
   24.     Self - incrimination  
   25.     Giving false or misleading information  
   26.     Provision of false or misleading documents  
   27.     Copies of documents  
   28.     Minister may retain documents  

   PART 5--MISCELLANEOUS

   29.     Delegation by Minister or Defence Minister  
   30.     Privileges and immunities  
   31.     Powers to be exercised in accordance with Convention  
   32.     Offences  
   33.     Compensation for acquisition of property  
   34.     Regulations  
           SCHEDULE 1 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction