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The Chemical Weapons (Overseas Territories) Order 2005

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Premises or equipment for producing chemical weapons

11.—(1) No person shall—

(a)construct premises he intends to be used to produce chemical weapons;

(b)alter premises in circumstances where he intends that they will be used to produce chemical weapons;

(c)install or construct equipment he intends to be used to produce chemical weapons;

(d)alter equipment in circumstances where he intends that it will be used to produce chemical weapons;

(e)permit the construction on land he occupies of premises he intends to be used to produce chemical weapons;

(f)permit premises on land he occupies to be altered in circumstances where he intends that they will be used to produce chemical weapons;

(g)permit the installation or construction on land he occupies of equipment he intends to be used to produce chemical weapons;

(h)permit equipment on land he occupies to be altered in circumstances where he intends that it will be used to produce chemical weapons.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) an object is not a chemical weapon if the person intends that the object will be used only for permitted purposes; and in deciding whether permitted purposes are intended the types and quantities of objects shall be taken into account.

(3) A person contravening this section is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.

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