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Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998
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C2004A00389
21 December 1998
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04 December 1999
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Part 1—Introduction
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Simplified outline
4 Definitions
5 Crown to be bound
6 External Territories
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Part 2—Offences relating to anti-personnel mines
7 Offence to place, possess, develop, produce, acquire, stockpile or transfer anti-personnel mines
8 Minister for Defence 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
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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
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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
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Part 5—Miscellaneous
29 Delegation by Minister or Minister for Defence
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