law: The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 
  7. Powers and
  
  functions of National Authority.-
  1.     
  
    Subject
  
  to the provisions of this Act,- 
  a.      it shall be the
  
  general duty of the National Authority to fulfill, on behalf of the Government
  
  of India, the obligations under the Convention;
  b.     it shall be incumbent
  
  on the National Authority to act as the national focal point for effective
  
  liaison with the Organisation and other States Parties on matters relating to
  
  the Convention.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
    Subject
  
  to the provisions of sub-section (1), the functions of the National Authority
  
  shall be to- 
  a.      interact with the
  
  Organistion and other States Parties for the purpose of fulfilling the
  
  obligations of the Government of India under the Convention;
  b.     monitor compliance
  
  with the provisions of the Convention;
  c.      regulate and monitor
  
  the development, production, processing, consumption, transfer or use of Toxic
  
  Chemicals or Precursors as specified in the Convention;
  d.     make request to, or
  
  to receive request from, a State Party for assistance and protection under
  
  Article X, against the use or threat of use of Chemical Weapons;
  e.      manage routine
  
  inspection or Challenge Inspection or managing investigation, in case a
  
  complaint of use of Chemical Weapons or riot control agents as a method of
  
  warfare is received from the Organisation;
  f.      conduct inspections
  
  for the purposes of this Act;
  g.     interact with the
  
  Organisation in respect of acceptance of request of India for Challenge
  
  Inspection or to counter any frivolous or defamatory request made by any State
  
  Party against India to the Organisation;
  h.      scrutinise and accept
  
  list of Inspectors and to verify the Approved Equipment brought by an
  
  Inspection Team on to the Inspection Site;
  i.       provide escort to the
  
  Inspection Team and the Observer within the territory of India;
  j.       identify and oversee
  
  the closure and destruction of Chemical Weapons, Chemical Weapons Production
  
  Facilities, Old Chemical Weapons or Abandoned Chemical Weapons;
  k.      negotiate Managed
  
  Access during the Challenge Inspection;
  l.       ensure
  
  decontamination of Approved Equipment after completion of an Inspection;
  m.    advise Central
  
  Government for laying down safeguards for transportation, sampling or storage
  
  of Chemical Weapons and fixation of standards for emission or discharge of
  
  environmental pollutants arising out of the destruction of Chemical Weapons,
  
  Old Chemical Weapons, Abandoned Chemical Weapons or Chemical Weapons Production
  
  Facility;
  n.      ensure data base
  
  confidentiality and maintain secrecy of confidential information and technology
  
  collected or received by the National Authority under this Act;
  o.     facilitate exchange
  
  of scientific and technological information relating to developments in
  
  chemicals amongst the States Parties;
  p.     call for such
  
  information from any person which the National Authority has reasonable cause
  
  to believe that such information may be required for complying with the
  
  provisions of the Convention;
  q.     approve and declare,
  
  on behalf of the Government of India, a single small- scale facility for
  
  production of Toxic Chemicals listed in Schedule 1 in the Annex on Chemicals to
  
  the Convention for purposes not prohibited under the Convention;
  r.       provide training to
  
  enforcement officers;
  s.      ensure protection of
  
  environment, health and safety of the people during transportation, sampling,
  
  storage or destruction of Chemical Weapons, Chemical Weapons Production
  
  Facilities, Old Chemical Weapons or Abandoned Chemical Weapons;
  t.       co-ordinate exchange
  
  of scientific and technological information among laboratories handling Toxic
  
  Chemicals or Precursors;
  u.      determine, from time
  
  to time, the quantity limit that a person at any time may produce, otherwise
  
  acquire, retain, transfer or use any Toxic Chemical or Precursor listed in any
  
  of the Schedules 1 to 3 in the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention, any
  
  discrete Organic Chemical including Discrete Organic Chemical containing
  
  elements of phosphorous, sulphur or fluorine for purposes not prohibited under
  
  the Convention;
  v.      such other functions
  
  as may be prescribed.