Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00180:section:13:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00180
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 13 (pt 1/7)
Character Range: 10680–13627

13  Regulations
 (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for and in relation to:
 (a) procedures to be followed in the storage and disposal of substances and articles in respect of which an offence referred to in section 10 has been, or is alleged to have been, committed; and
 (b) providing an opportunity for a person charged with an offence referred to in section 10 in respect of a substance referred to in paragraph 8(1)(a) to have a sample of the substance analysed on his or her behalf within such period (if any) as is prescribed.
 (2) For the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003, the Minister administering the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 is the rule‑maker for regulations made:
 (a) for the purposes of section 8 (offences) or 9 (forfeiture and seizure) of this Act; or
 (b) for or in relation to the matter mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) of this section.
 (3) Subsection (2) applies despite subsection 6(1) of the Legislation Act 2003.

Schedule—Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production And Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
Section 3

The States Parties to this Convention,

Determined to act with a view to achieving effective progress towards general and complete disarmament, including the prohibition and elimination of all types of weapons of mass destruction, and convinced that the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons and their elimination, through effective measures, will facilitate the achievement of general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control,
Recognising the important significance of the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925, and conscious also of the contribution which the said Protocol has already made, and continues to make, to mitigating the horrors of war,
Reaffirming their adherence to the principles and objectives of that Protocol and calling upon all States to comply strictly with them,
Recalling that the General Assembly of the United Nations has repeatedly condemned all actions contrary to the principles and objectives of the Geneva Protocol of 17 June 1925,
Desiring to contribute to the strengthening of confidence between peoples and the general improvement of the international atmosphere.
Desiring also to contribute to the realisation of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Convinced of the importance and urgency of eliminating from the arsenals of States, through effective measures, such dangerous weapons of mass destruction as those using chemical or bacteriological (biological) agents,
Recognising that an agreement on the prohibition of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons represents a