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Comprehensive Nuclear‑Test‑Ban Treaty Act 1998

No. 78, 1998

Compilation No. 8

Compilation date:   29 December 2018

Includes amendments up to: Act No. 67 of 2018

Registered:    8 January 2019

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 29 December 2018 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

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Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

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Editorial changes

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Modifications

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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 External Territories
4 Australian ships and aircraft
5 Act binds the Crown
6 Application of Criminal Code
7 Definitions
Part 2—Ban on nuclear explosions
8 Offence of causing a nuclear explosion
9 Extraterritorial operation of offence
Part 3—Inspections
Division 1—Outline of Part
10 Outline of Part
Division 2—On‑site inspections etc.
11 Requests for on‑site inspections
12 On‑site inspection powers
13 On‑site inspection purposes
14 Organization inspectors
15 Observers
Division 3—Clarification procedures
16 Scope of Division
17 Director may give information or documents
17A Declaration of clarification inspection area
18 Inspections by national inspectors
19 Joint inspections
20 Limit on modifications
Division 4—Inspection warrants and conduct of inspections
21 On‑site inspection warrants
22 Clarification inspection warrants
23 Content of warrants
24 Duration of inspection
25 Inspections not to be intrusive
26 On‑site inspection warrant may authorise presence of an observer
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