Cap. 493 Art. 5Power to make regulations. THE WEAPONS The (hereinafter, "the Deeply (WMD), their the risk that these Recalling the statement that and security, proliferation; Also recalling calls on all and consistent trafficking in related materials; Recalling Production, done at Paris 13 done at Prohibition of (

The Prime Minister may make regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act and for doing anything that may be required for the purpose of satisfying the obligations of Malta under the Agreements. BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF MALTA

AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONCERNING COOPERATION TO SUPPRESS THE PROLIFERATION OF

OF MASS DESTRUCTION, THEIR DELIVERY SYSTEMS, AND RELATED MATERIALS BY SEA Government of Malta and the Government of the United States of America, Parties"); concerned about the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction delivery systems, and related materials, particularly by sea, as well as may fall into the hands of terrorists; 31 January 1992 United Nations Security Council Presidential proliferation of all WMD constitutes a threat to international peace and underlines the need for Member States of the UN to prevent

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004), which States, in accordance with their national legal authorities and legislations with international law, to take cooperative action to prevent illicit nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, their means of delivery, and further the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, January 1993; the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Washington, London and Moscow 1 July 1968; and the Convention on the the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, done at Washington, Moscow 10 April 1972;

recalling the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, adopted International Maritime Organization (IMO) on 12 December 2002;

Acknowledging the widespread consensus that proliferation and terrorism international peace and security;

that trafficking in these items by States and non-state actors of concern must be stopped;

Statement of Interdiction Principles for the Proliferation Security the efforts of the IMO to improve the effectiveness of the Convention Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, March 1988; the importance of customary international law of the sea as reflected United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; Article 1

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