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

In these regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act or the Convention has that meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"owner"

means the natural or legal person who is the registered legal owner of the facility or controlled goods;

"person in control"

means the natural or legal person responsible on a day-to-day basis for any facility or any activity relating to controlled goods;

"PSF-chemical"

means a discrete organic chemical containing the elements phosphorus, sulphur or fluorine;

"specified area"

with respect to an inspection by an inspector or inspectors of the Council, means the premises or portion of the premises which are to be inspected as stipulated in the document of authorization of the inspector(s) with regard to the specific inspection;

"text of the Chemical Weapons Convention"

means the full text (Corrected Version) of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (including its Annexes), published in the Gazette as Notice No 754 dated 2 May 1997 and any subsequent modifications to this text in terms of Article XV of the Convention;

"the Act "

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

"the Chemical Weapons Convention" or "the Convention"

means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (including its Annexes), which was signed by the government of the Republic of South Africa on 14 January 1993 and ratified by South Africa by the deposition of its instrument of ratification on 14 September 1995;

"unscheduled discrete organic chemical" (unscheduled DOC)

means any discrete organic  chemical which is not listed in any Schedule appearing in the Annex on Chemicals of the Convention;

"unscheduled PSF-chemical"

means any PSF-chemical which is not listed in any Schedule appearing in the Annex on Chemicals of the Convention;

"Verification Annex"

means the Annex on Implementation and Verification of the Convention.