Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/57/section/26?view=extent
Timestamp: 2018-06-25 19:33:29
Document Index: 731148199

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Nuclear Installations Act 1965, Section 26 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 25 June 2018. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Act modified by 2014 c. 20 Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(3)
[F1 “ the appropriate environment authority ” means—
[F2“appropriate permit” has the meaning given by section 7B;]
“atomic energy” has the meaning assigned by the M1Atomic Energy Act 1946;
[F2“continental shelf”, in relation to a country or territory, means—
[F2“event”, in sections 11H, 16(1), (1ZA), (1ZB), (1A), (3B) and (3C), 16B, 16C, 17(3) and 18 and subsection (2B) of this section, means—
isotopes prepared for use for industrial, commercial, agricultural, medical [F3scientific or educational] purposes;
[F2“exclusive economic zone”, in relation to a country or territory, means the exclusive economic zone established in respect of the country or territory in accordance with international law, subject to subsection (1E);]
“nuclear site licence” has the meaning assigned by [F5section 1(2)] of this Act;
“occurrence” in sections [F611G(2)(c), 16(1), (1ZA), (1ZB), (1A), (3B) and (3C), 16B and 16C] 17(3) and 18 of this Act [F7and subsection (2B) of this section]—
in the case of a continuing occurrence, means the whole of that occurrence; F8...
in the case of an occurrence which is one of a succession of occurrences all attributable to a particular happening on a particular relevant site or to the carrying out from time to time on a particular relevant site of a particular operation, means all those occurrences collectively; [F9and
[F10 “ ONR ” means the Office for Nuclear Regulation; ]
[F2“operator”, in relation to a relevant disposal site, has the meaning given by section 7B;]
[F2“overseas territory”, in relation to a country, means a territory, not part of the metropolitan territories of the country, for whose international relations the country is responsible;]
“period of responsibility”, in relation to a licensee, has the meaning assigned by [F11section 5(14)]of this Act;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by [F12the Secretary of State], which shall be made by statutory instrument and be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;
[F2“preventive measure” has the meaning given by section 11H;]
[F13an operator of a relevant disposal site; or]
a person authorised to operate a nuclear reactor which is comprised in a means of transport and in which the nuclear matter in question is intended to be used [F14or was used or was intended to be used];
[F2“relevant disposal site” has the meaning given by section 7B;]
[F2“relevant maritime zone”, in relation to a country or territory, means—
[F15a relevant disposal site at any time during the period that, in the case of any particular operator of the site, is indicated by section 7B(1)(f);]
any site at any time when it is occupied by a government department, if that site is being or has been used by that department as mentioned in [F16section 9(1) or (2)] of this Act;
“relevant territory” [F17 means—
[F2“significant impairment of the environment” does not include damage to the environment which is not significant enough to be eligible for compensation under this Act as damage to property, whether or not the part affected is property in respect of which such compensation can be sought;]
[F2“special relevant claim” has the meaning given by section 16A;]
[F2“special relevant territory” has the meaning given by section 16A;]
“territorial limits” includes territorial [F18sea].
[F2“trust” has the meaning given by Article 2 of the Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on Their Recognition, concluded at The Hague on 1 July 1985.]
[F19(1A)A reference in this Act to a relevant reciprocating territory is a reference to—
[F20(1E)A reference in this Act to the exclusive economic zone of a country or territory, except in the definitions of “exclusive economic zone” and “relevant maritime zone” in subsection (1), includes a reference to any zone established in accordance with international law which—
[F21(2A)If nuclear matter is in a place at a particular time as a consequence of an occurrence falling within section 7(1B) (including section 7(1B) as applied by section 7B, 8 or 9), 10(1) or 11, neither the presence of the matter in that place at that time nor any effect that the matter produces at that time is to be treated as a separate occurrence falling within any of those provisions.]
[F22(2B)In relation to an occurrence or event in respect of which one or more persons incur liability—
(3)Any question arising under this Act as to whether [F23at any given time]—
(a)any person is a relevant foreign operator; F24...
(b)any law is the relevant foreign law with respect to any matter; F25...
[F26(c)any country or territory is a relevant territory;
F1 Definitions of "the appropriate environment authority" and "the appropriate national authority" in s. 26(1) substituted for definition of “the appropriate Agency” (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 26(2); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
F2Definitions in s. 26(1) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(3) (with art. 40)
F3Words substituted by Energy Act 1983 (c. 25, SIF 44:1), s. 32
F4S. 26(1): Definition of "inspector" omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 26(3); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
F5S. 26(1): Words in definition of “nuclear site licence" substituted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 26(4); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
F6Words in s. 26(1) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(2)(a)(i) (with art. 40)
F7Words in s. 26(1) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(2)(a)(ii) (with art. 40)
F8Word in s. 26(1) omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(2)(a)(iii) (with art. 40)
F9Words in s. 26(1) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(2)(a)(iv) (with art. 40)
F10S. 26(1): Definition of "ONR" inserted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 26(5); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
F11S. 26(1): Words in definition of “period of responsibility” substituted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 26(6); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
F12Words in s. 26(1) substituted (15.11.1999) by S.I. 1999/2786, art. 3(1)
F13Words in s. 26(1) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(2)(b)(i) (with art. 40)
F14Words in s. 26(1) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(2)(b)(ii) (with art. 40)
F15Words in s. 26(1) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(2)(c)(i) (with art. 40)
F16Words in s. 26(1) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(2)(c)(ii) (with art. 40)
F17Words in s. 26(1) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(2)(d) (with art. 40)
F18Word in s. 26(1) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(2)(e) (with art. 40)
F19S. 26(1A)-(1D) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(4) (with art. 40)
F20S. 26(1E) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(5) (with art. 40)
F21S. 26(2A) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(6) (with art. 40)
F22S. 26(2B) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(7) (with art. 40)
F23Words in s. 26(3) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(8)(a) (with art. 40)
F24Word in s. 26(3)(a) omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(8)(b) (with art. 40)
F25Word in s. 26(3)(b) omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(8)(c) (with art. 40)
F26S. 26(3)(c)-(h) substituted for s. 26(3)(c) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 38(8)(d) (with art. 40)
C1S. 26(1): functions conferred by the definitions of “excepted matter” and “nuclear matter” made exercisable only after consultation with the Scottish Ministers (S.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, arts. 1(1), 4, Sch. 3 (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3
C2Functions of Minister of Power under this Act now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1969/1498 and 1970/1537
M11946 c. 80.