The Nuclear Industries Security (Amendment) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2017/463 |
2017 No. 463
Atomic Energy And Radioactive Substances
Nuclear Security
The Nuclear Industries Security (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made 21th March 2017
Coming into force 31th March 2017
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 74(1)(b), (3)(a), (c) and (f) and 75(1)(b), (2) and (6) of, and paragraphs 1, 8, 9(2) and (3) and 14 of Schedule 6 to, the Energy Act 20131.
In accordance with section 74(7)(a) and (c) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the Office for Nuclear Regulation and such other persons as the Secretary of State considered appropriate.
For the purposes of section 74(9) and (10) of that Act, these Regulations are made for the nuclear security purposes.
In accordance with section 113(2)(a) and (3)(c) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Nuclear Industries Security (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 31st March 2017.
Amendments to the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003
2. The Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 20032are amended as follows.
Requirement for approved security plan for nuclear premises
3. In regulation 4 (requirement for approved security plan for nuclear premises)—
(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—
“1 The responsible person must ensure that there is an approved security plan in place at all times for each nuclear premises in relation to which that person is responsible (whether or not the premises form part of other premises to which this paragraph applies).”; and
(b) in paragraph (3)(d), after “(e)” insert “, (f), (g)”.
Requirement for approval of relevant personnel
4. In regulation 9 (requirement for approval of relevant personnel), for “approved by the ONR as being” substitute “assessed, in accordance with a process that has been approved by the ONR, to be”.
Transport security statements
5. In regulation 16 (transport security statements), in paragraph (3)(c), after “(f)” insert “, (g), (h)”.
Duties of approved carriers: general
6. In regulation 17 (duties of approved carriers: general), in paragraph (3), for “approved by the ONR as being” substitute “assessed, in accordance with a process that has been approved...
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