Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Inspections
18. Persons who may accompany international inspectors
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In order to facilitate an inspection, an international inspector may be accompanied by one or more of the following persons:
international inspector
“international inspector” means an individual designated by the Technical Secretariat according to the procedures set forth in the Verification Annex to the Convention to carry out an inspection or visit in accordance with the Convention, and includes any inspection assistant as defined in the Convention;
an observer;
a national inspector.
A national inspector may exercise any inspection power for the purposes of facilitating an inspection referred to in section 17.
national inspector
“national inspector” means any person who is a national inspector by virtue of, or appointed under, section 16;
In subsection (1)(a), “observer” means an observer referred to in paragraph 12 of Article IX of the Convention, and includes any person authorised by the Director‑General to observe the inspection.
Convention
“Convention” means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction concluded at Paris on 13 January 1993, and includes the Annexes to the Convention and any amendments to, or substitutions of, the Convention or the Annexes that are binding on Singapore;