SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY ACT 1986

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART I--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 3 Principal object of Act  
• 4 Interpretation  
• 5 Conduct by directors, employees or agents  
• 6 Act to extend to external Territories  
• 7 Act binds the Crown  
• 7A Application of the Criminal Code  

PART II--PROHIBITIONS--IN RELATION TO NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES

• 8 Manufacture, production and acquisition of nuclear explosive devices prohibited  
• 9 Research and development relating to manufacture or production of nuclear explosive devices prohibited  
• 10 Possession of, or control over, nuclear explosive devices prohibited  
• 11 Stationing of nuclear explosive devices in Australia prohibited  
• 12 Testing of nuclear explosive devices prohibited  
• 13 Facilitation of manufacture, production, acquisition or testing of nuclear explosive devices prohibited  
• 14 Application of offence provisions outside Australia  
• 15 Visits of foreign ships and aircraft etc.  
• 16 Penalties for offences  

PART III--SAFEGUARDS--IN RELATION TO NUCLEAR MATERIAL AND PREVENTION OF DUMPING AT SEA OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES AND OTHER RADIOACTIVE MATTER

• 17 Safeguards in relation to nuclear material  
• 18 Prevention of dumping at sea of radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter  

PART IV--INSPECTIONS

Division 1--Treaty inspectors and authorised officers

• 19 Treaty inspectors and authorised officers  
• 20 Identity cards  

Division 2--Inspections and searches

• 21 Facilitation by inspectors of Treaty inspections  
• 22 Treaty inspections by Treaty inspectors  
• 23 Powers of authorised officers  
• 24 Inspectors may require information etc.  
• 25 Offence - related searches and seizures  
• 26 Warrants may be granted by telephone  
• 27 Emergency searches and seizures  
• 28 Persons to assist inspectors  
• 29 Inspectors, Treaty inspectors and authorised officers to produce evidence of identity  

PART V--MISCELLANEOUS

• 30 Delegation by the Minister  
• 31 Forfeiture  
• 32 Offence against 2 or more provisions  
• 33 Consent to prosecutions  
• 34 Hearing in camera etc.  
• 35 Regulations  
• SCHEDULE South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty