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Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 7 Cited in Amendments 18 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2018 c. 15
Year2018
(1) For section 72 of the Energy Act 2013 substitute—
    (72) Nuclear safeguards purposesIn this Part, the “nuclear safeguards purposes” means the purposes of—
  • (a) ensuring compliance with nuclear safeguards regulations (see section 76A) ,
  • (b) ensuring compliance by the United Kingdom or, as the case may be, enabling or facilitating compliance by a Minister of the Crown, with a relevant international agreement, and
  • (c) the development of any future obligations relating to nuclear safeguards.
ensuring compliance with nuclear safeguards regulations (see section 76A) ,ensuring compliance by the United Kingdom or, as the case may be, enabling or facilitating compliance by a Minister of the Crown, with a relevant international agreement, andthe development of any future obligations relating to nuclear safeguards.(2) After section 76 of that Act insert—
    (CHAPTER 2A) Nuclear safeguards
    (76A) Nuclear safeguards regulations
  • “(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations (“nuclear safeguards regulations”) make provision for the purpose of—
  • (a) ensuring that qualifying nuclear material, facilities or equipment are only available for use for civil activities (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) , or
  • (b) giving effect to provisions of a relevant international agreement.
ensuring that qualifying nuclear material, facilities or equipment are only available for use for civil activities (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) , orgiving effect to provisions of a relevant international agreement.record-keeping or accounting;the provision or publication of information;inspection or monitoring;imports or exports;the design of qualifying nuclear facilities or equipment;the production, processing, use, handling, storage or disposal of qualifying nuclear material or equipment.The following apply in relation to nuclear safeguards regulations as they apply in relation to nuclear regulations—
  • section 74(3) to (5) (nuclear regulations) ,
  • section 75 (offences) ,
  • section 76 (civil liability) , and
  • paragraphs 2 to 16 of Schedule 6 (examples of provision that may be made by nuclear regulations) .
Nothing in nuclear safeguards regulations applies in relation to anything done for defence purposes (within the meaning of section 70) .The provision that may be made by nuclear safeguards regulations by virtue of section 113(7) includes provision modifying retained EU law (within the meaning of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) .In this section—
  • “civil activities” means—
    • (a) production, processing or storage activities which are carried on for peaceful purposes;
    • (b) electricity generation carried on for peaceful purposes;
    • (c) decommissioning;
    • (d) research and development carried on for peaceful purposes;
    • (e) any other activity carried on for peaceful purposes;
  • “equipment” has the meaning given by section 70(3) ;
  • “qualifying nuclear equipment” means equipment designed or adapted for use in connection with qualifying nuclear material or a qualifying nuclear facility;
  • “qualifying nuclear facility” means a facility (including associated buildings) in which qualifying nuclear material is produced, processed, used, handled, stored or disposed of;
  • “qualifying nuclear material” means—
    • (a) fissionable material specified in regulations under subsection (7) ,
    • (b) source material in the form of—
      • (i) uranium metal, alloy or compound, or
      • (ii) thorium metal, alloy or compound, or
    • (c) ore containing a substance from which a source material falling within paragraph (b) is capable of being derived.
The Secretary of State may by regulations specify fissionable material for the purposes of the definition of “qualifying nuclear material”.the ONR, andsuch other persons (if any) as the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult.Subsection (8) (a) does not apply if the regulations give effect, without modification, to proposals submitted by the ONR under section 81(1) (a) (ia) .The Secretary of State may by regulations authorise or require the ONR to make payments towards compliance costs.“Compliance costs” means costs of complying with nuclear safeguards regulations or with specified provisions of nuclear safeguards regulations.Regulations under subsection (1) may provide that payments are authorised or required to be made only in specified circumstances.The ONR is responsible for determining the amounts of payments in accordance with any provision made by regulations under subsection (1) .In this section, “specified” means specified in regulations under subsection (1) .in subsection (1) , at the appropriate places insert—
    “nuclear safeguards regulations” means regulations under section 76A(1) ;
;
    “relevant international agreement” has the meaning given by subsection (1A) ;
;after subsection (1) insert—
  • “(1A) Relevant international agreement” means an agreement (whether or not ratified) to which the United Kingdom is a party and which—
  • (a) relates to nuclear safeguards, and
  • (b) is specified in regulations under subsection (1B) ,
    • and a reference in this Part to a relevant international agreement is to the agreement as it has effect for the time being.
relates to nuclear safeguards, andis specified in regulations under subsection (1B) ,The Secretary of State may by regulations specify agreements for the purposes of subsection (1A) (b) .relates to guidance or any other document issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency, andis notified to the Agency by the United Kingdom,the ONR, andsuch other persons (if any) as the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult.Subsection (1D) (a) does not apply if the regulations give effect, without modification, to proposals submitted by the ONR under section 81(1) (a) (iiia) .(4) A consultation requirement imposed by an amendment made by this section may be satisfied by consultation carried out before this Act was passed.(5) The Schedule contains minor and consequential amendments.the Nuclear Safeguards and Electricity (Finance) Act 1978,the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000, andthe Nuclear Safeguards (Notification) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1255) .(2) In subsection (1) “relevant safeguards agreement” means an agreement (whether or not ratified) relating to nuclear safeguards to which the United Kingdom and the International Atomic Energy Agency are parties.consequential, supplementary or incidental provision;transitional, transitory or saving provision.(4) The power to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument.(5) An instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.(6) No regulations may be made under this section after the end of the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.(1) The Secretary of State must, in respect of each reporting period, prepare a report containing information about nuclear safeguards.international arrangements relating to nuclear safeguards to which the United Kingdom is (or is proposed to be) a party, andthe establishment in the United Kingdom of arrangements relating to nuclear safeguards.(3) A report under this section may include other information on future arrangements with Euratom, which may include information relating to nuclear research and development and the import and export of qualifying nuclear material.(4) A report under this section must be laid before Parliament

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