Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY ACT 1986

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal object of Act  
   4.      Interpretation  
   5.      Conduct by directors, employees or agents  
   6.      Act to extend to external Territories  
   7.      Act binds the Crown  
   7A.     Application of the Criminal Code  

   PART II--PROHIBITIONS--IN RELATION TO NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES

   8.      Manufacture, production and acquisition of nuclear explosive devices prohibited  
   9.      Research and development relating to manufacture or production of nuclear explosive devices prohibited  
   10.     Possession of, or control over, nuclear explosive devices prohibited  
   11.     Stationing of nuclear explosive devices in Australia prohibited  
   12.     Testing of nuclear explosive devices prohibited  
   13.     Facilitation of manufacture, production, acquisition or testing of nuclear explosive devices prohibited  
   14.     Application of offence provisions outside Australia  
   15.     Visits of foreign ships and aircraft etc.  
   16.     Penalties for offences  

   PART III--SAFEGUARDS--IN RELATION TO NUCLEAR MATERIAL AND PREVENTION OF DUMPING AT SEA OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES AND OTHER RADIOACTIVE MATTER

   17.     Safeguards in relation to nuclear material  
   18.     Prevention of dumping at sea of radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter  

   PART IV--INSPECTIONS

           Division 1--Treaty inspectors and authorised officers

   19.     Treaty inspectors and authorised officers  
   20.     Identity cards  

           Division 2--Inspections and searches

   21.     Facilitation by inspectors of Treaty inspections  
   22.     Treaty inspections by Treaty inspectors  
   23.     Powers of authorised officers  
   24.     Inspectors may require information etc.  
   25.     Offence - related searches and seizures  
   26.     Warrants may be granted by telephone  
   27.     Emergency searches and seizures  
   28.     Persons to assist inspectors  
   29.     Inspectors, Treaty inspectors and authorised officers to produce evidence of identity  

   PART V--MISCELLANEOUS

   30.     Delegation by the Minister  
   31.     Forfeiture  
   32.     Offence against 2 or more provisions  
   33.     Consent to prosecutions  
   34.     Hearing in camera etc.  
   35.     Regulations  
           SCHEDULE South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty