Chemicals of security concern

What is a chemical associated with weapons of mass destruction?

Chemicals associated with Weapons of Mass Destruction have been scheduled by an international treaty called the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

The CWC schedules, which list the chemicals in question, are available from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade publication, Chemical Weapons Convention: A Guide for Industry Producing, Using or Trading Chemicals 2014.

To use or store chemicals associated with weapons of mass destruction in a workplace, you must meet the following requirements:

• A further set of strict laws and constraints, which are described in chemical weapons convention: a guide for industry producing, using or trading chemicals 2014.
• Special Access Arrangements: in addition to the general safety precautions described in the Chemical management guidelines, consider reducing the opportunity for theft or other illegal behavior with further security measures such as inventory tracking systems.

To use or store chemicals and apparatus associated with illicit 
chemical manufacture in a workplace, you must meet the following requirements:

• All Chemical requirements
• Special Access Arrangements: in addition to the general safety precautions described in the Chemical Management Guideline, consider reducing the opportunity for theft or other illegal behaviour with further security measures such as inventory tracking systems.

When purchasing precursor chemicals or apparatus, you will be asked for an End User Declaration (whose format differs between suppliers).

More details are available in the Chemical management guideline