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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 (“the Act”) on 16th September 1996 with the exception of section 39, which came into force on Royal Assent.

The Act implements in the United Kingdom the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, which was signed in Paris on 13th January 1993 (Cm 2331).