42. Use of force

Terms defined in s 3

• Convention

  Convention

  Defined · s 3

  “Convention” means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;

  Open s 3
• facility

  facility

  Defined · s 3

  “facility” means any industrial site which comprises any of the following: (a) any works or factory (“plant site”) which is the local integration of one or more plants with any intermediate administrative levels, which are under one operational control, and includes common infrastructure, such as— (i) administration and other offices; (ii) repair and maintenance shops; (iii) medical centres; (iv) utilities; (v) central analytical laboratories; (vi) research and development laboratories; (vii) central effluent and waste treatment areas; and (viii) warehouse storage areas; (b) any production facility or workshop (“plant”) which is a relatively self-contained area, structure or building containing one or more units with auxiliary and associated infrastructure, such as— (i) a small administrative section; (ii) storage or handling areas for feedstock and products; (iii) an effluent or waste handling or treatment area; (iv) a control or analytical laboratory; (v) a first aid service section or a related medical section; and (vi) records associated with the movement into, around and from the site, of declared chemicals and feedstock or products formed from them, as appropriate; (c) any production unit or process unit (“unit”) which is the combination of items of equipment, including vessels and vessel set up, necessary for the production, processing or consumption of a chemical;

  Open s 3