{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chemical-weapons-act-1996/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chemical-weapons-act-1996/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/6",
  "legislation_title": "Chemical Weapons Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chemical-weapons-act-1996",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Destruction etc: supplementary.",
  "text": "(1) If an object is in the possession of a person who intends that it will be used only for permitted purposes, it is not a chemical weapon for the purposes of sections 4(1) and (3) and 5(1) and (2); and in deciding whether permitted purposes are intended the types and quantities of objects shall be taken into account.\n(2) For the purposes of sections 4 to 9—\n(a) to the extent that an object consists of a toxic chemical or precursor, it is destroyed if it is permanently prevented from being used other than for permitted purposes;\n(b) to the extent that an object consists of a munition or other device designed to cause death or harm through toxic chemicals released by it, it is destroyed if it is permanently prevented from doing so;\n(c) to the extent that an object consists of equipment designed for use in connection with a munition or other device, it is destroyed if it is permanently prevented from being so used.\n(3) In sections 5 to 9 “premises” includes land (including buildings), moveable structures, vehicles, vessels, aircraft and hovercraft.\n(4) Nothing in sections 4 to 7 affects any power arising otherwise than by virtue of those sections (such as a power to dispose of property in police possession in connection with the investigation of a suspected offence).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 10 extended (with modifications) (Jersey) (21.12.1998) by S.I. 1998/2565, art. 4, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/6/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:27.883186+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}