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13. Director may seek information for declarations

(1) This section applies if the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that a person, including the operator of a facility to which section 12 applies, is capable of giving information that is relevant to a declaration required to be given to the Organization under Article VI of the Convention.

(2) The Director may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person to give such information to the Director—

(a) if the person is a natural person, by writing signed by the person; or

(b) if the person is a body corporate, by writing signed by an officer authorized to sign on behalf of the body corporate, within such reasonable period and in such manner as is specified in the notice.

(3) The Director may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person to give to the Director particular documents, or documents of a particular kind, specified in the notice, within such reasonable period as is specified in the notice.

(4) The power of the Director under this section to require a person to give information or documents to the Director is in addition to—

(a) any obligation to give information or documents that the person may have under section 11 or 12;

(b) any other power the Director has under this Ordinance to require the person to give information or documents.

[cf. Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994, s. 31(1), (2), (3) & (5), Commonwealth of Australia]

PART 5
Power of Investigation

14. General powers of members of the Customs and Excise Service, etc.

(1) Without prejudice to the powers conferred by section 15, a member of the Customs and Excise Service or an authorized officer may, for the purposes of this Ordinance—

(a) enter at any reasonable time and search any premises or place where a declared facility is located;

(b) stop, board and search any vessel, aircraft or vehicle;

(c) require the production or furnishing of—

(i) any permit;