Bill S-2: An Act to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act

Bill S-2 If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at [email protected]. First Reading Third Reading LEGISinfo Bilingual view XML PDF Skip to Document Navigation Skip to Document Content ENGLISHSUMMARYSUMMARY1 Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act1 Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act Second Session, Forty-third Parliament, 69 Elizabeth II, 2020 SENATE OF CANADA BILL S-2 An Act to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act AS PASSED BY THE SENATE December 17, 2020 90950 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act by deleting the schedule to that Act and the references to that schedule in that Act, in order to avoid potential discrepancies between the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, as amended from time to time, and the portions of that Convention that are reproduced in that schedule. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en 2nd Session, 43rd Parliament, 69 Elizabeth II, 2020 SENATE OF CANADA BILL S-2 An Act to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1995, c. 25 Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act 1 (1) The definition Convention in subsection 2(1) of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act is replaced by the following: Convention means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, signed at Paris, France on January 13, 1993, as amended from time to time pursuant to Article XV of the Convention; (Convention) (2) Subsection 2(3) of the Act is repealed. 2 The schedule to the Act is repealed. Published under authority of the Senate of Canada Publication Explorer Publication Explorer ParlVU