Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, 1993 (Act No. 87 1993)

Declarations

Declaration of certain Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Materials and Software and Related Technology as Controlled Goods, and Control Measures applicable to such Goods

1. Definitions
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In this Notice a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act bears the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

 

"component parts"

means an integral part of plants, systems, assemblies or equipment without which the plant, system, assemblies or equipment will not perform their intended function or achieve the characteristics or performance level that make the plants, systems, assemblies or equipment controlled goods;

 

"design research"

means an experimental or theoretical work that is undertaken principally to acquire new knowledge of the fundamental principles of phenomena and observable facts and that is not primarily directed towards a specific practical aim or objective;

 

"development"

means—

(a) design;
(b) design research;
(c) design analysis;
(d)design concepts;
(e)assembly and testing of prototypes;
(f)pilot production schemes;
(g)design data;
(h)process of transforming design data into a product;
(i)configuration design;
(j)integration design; and
(k)layouts;

 

"fabrication"

includes production prototyping, installation, commissioning, and contractual after-sales servicing;

 

"manufacture"

includes research, development and fabrication;

 

"microprogram"

means a sequence of elementary instructions, maintained in a special storage, the execution of which is initiated by the introduction of its reference instruction into an instruction register;

 

"Nuclear Suppliers Group"

is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of two sets of guidelines for nuclear exports and nuclear -related exports;

 

"other elements"

means all elements other than hydrogen, uranium and plutonium;

 

"program"

means a sequence of instructions to carry out a process in a form, or convertible into a form, executable by an electronic computer;

 

"services"

includes freight forwarding, storing and stockpiling (if not part of the manufacture and transfer processes), transporting, maintaining (repairing, overhauling, refurbishing), trading, consulting, disposing, and technical assistance;

 

"software"

means a collection of one or more programs or microprograms fixed in any tangible medium of expression;

 

"the Act"

means the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, 1993 (Act No. 87 of 1993).