Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY ACT 1998 No. 78, 1998 - SECT 15

(a) the Minister is satisfied that a person has, in accordance with the Treaty, been proposed by a State Party as an observer in relation to an on-site inspection; and

(b) the Minister decides to accept the person as such an observer;

(2) The Minister must give the person a copy of the declaration.

(3) An observer may accompany an Organization inspector while the Organization inspector is exercising any on-site inspection powers in relation to an inspection site.

(4) However, an observer is not entitled to enter an inspection site, or any particular part of that site, if the occupier of the site has informed the Director, in writing, that the observer is to be excluded from the site or from that part of the site. If the occupier so informs the Director, the Director must inform the observer to that effect in writing.

(5) An observer is not entitled to enter an inspection site or to observe an Organization inspector exercising on-site inspection powers if:

(a) the occupier of the site has required the observer to show written proof of his or her identity; and

(b) the observer fails to comply with the requirement.

(7) The Minister must give the person a copy of the revocation.