Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00562:schedule:3:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00562
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 8/26)
Character Range: 171697–174681

entry into force of the Agreement itself.
   (d) The Director General shall promptly inform all Member States of the Agency of any amendment to this Agreement.

ENTRY INTO FORCE AND DURATION
Article 26
This Agreement shall enter into force upon signature by or for the Director General and by the authorized representative of Australia. The Director General shall promptly inform all Member States of the Agency of the entry into force of this Agreement.

Article 27
This Agreement shall remain in force as long as Australia is party to the Treaty.
PART II
INTRODUCTION
Article 28
The purpose of this part of the Agreement is to specify the procedures to be applied in the implementation of the safeguards provisions of Part I.

OBJECTIVE OF SAFEGUARDS
Article 29
The objective of the safeguards procedures set forth in this part of the Agreement is the timely detection of diversion of significant quantities of nuclear material from peaceful nuclear activities to the manufacture of nuclear weapons or of other nuclear explosive devices or for purposes unknown, and deterrence of such diversion by the risk of early detection.

Article 30
For this purpose material accountancy shall be used as a safeguards measure of fundamental importance, with containment and surveillance as important complementary measures.

Article 31
The technical conclusion of the Agency's verification activities shall be a statement, in respect of each material balance area, of the amount of material unaccounted for over a specific period, and giving the limits of accuracy of the amounts stated.

NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING FOR AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL
Article 32
Pursuant to Article 7, the Agency, in carrying out its verification activities, shall make full use of Australia's system of accounting for and control of all nuclear material subject to safeguards under this Agreement and shall avoid unnecessary duplication of Australia's accounting and control activities.

Article 33
Australia's system of accounting for and control of all nuclear material subject to safeguards under this Agreement shall be based on a structure of material balance areas, and shall make provision, as appropriate and specified in the Subsidiary Arrangements, for the establishment of such measures as:
    (a) A measurement system for the determination of the quantities of nuclear material received, produced, shipped, lost or otherwise removed from inventory, and the quantities on inventory;
    (b) The evaluation of precision and accuracy of measurements and the estimation of measurement uncertainty;
    (c) Procedures for identifying, reviewing and evaluating differences in shipper/receiver measurements;
    (d) Procedures for taking a physical inventory;
    (e) Procedures for the evaluation of accumulations of unmeasured inventory and unmeasured losses;
    (f) A system of records and reports showing, for each material balance area, the inventory of nuclear material and the changes