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Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024

No. 91, 2024

An Act to regulate activities relating to conventionally‑armed, nuclear‑powered submarines to ensure the nuclear safety of those activities, and for related purposes

Contents
Part 1—Introduction
Division 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Simplified outline of this Act
Division 2—Defined terms
Subdivision A—Simplified outline of this Division
4 Simplified outline of this Division
Subdivision B—The Dictionary
5 The Dictionary
Division 3—Core provisions
Subdivision A—Objects of this Act
6 Objects of this Act
7 What are AUKUS submarines?
8 Regulating persons when they conduct regulated activities
8A Prohibition on storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel that is not from an Australian submarine
8B Prohibition on certain kinds of construction, etc.
Subdivision B—Regulated activities
9 What are regulated activities?
10 Regulated activities and designated zones
Subdivision C—Facility activities (first type of regulated activity)
11 What are facility activities?
12 What are NNP facilities?
Subdivision D—Submarine activities (second type of regulated activity)
13 What are submarine activities?
Subdivision E—Material activities (third type of regulated activity)
14 What are material activities?
15 What are NNP material and NNP equipment or plant?
Subdivision F—The Regulator
16 The Regulator
Part 2—Ensuring nuclear safety when conducting regulated activities
Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
17 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Nuclear safety duties
Subdivision A—Nuclear safety duties applying to all persons conducting regulated activities
18 General nuclear safety duty
19 Duty to be authorised by a licence
Subdivision B—Nuclear safety duties applying to licence holders
20 Duty on licence holders—nuclear safety management systems
21 Duty on licence holders—reporting nuclear safety incidents
22 Duty on licence holders—competence and supervision
23 Duty on licence holders—complying with licence conditions
Subdivision C—Nuclear safety duties applying to persons authorised by a licence
24 Duty on authorised persons—nuclear safety management systems
25 Duty on authorised persons—complying with licence conditions
Part 3—Australian naval nuclear power safety licences
Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
26 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Australian naval nuclear power safety licences
27 Australian naval nuclear power safety licences
28 Who may apply for a licence?
29 Who are Commonwealth‑related persons?
30 Requirements of the application
30A Regulator may require further information
31 Issuing licences
32 Licence conditions
33 Period of licences
34 Varying licences
35 Suspending or cancelling licences
36 Regulator to give notice before varying, suspending or cancelling licences
37 Surrendering licences
38 Review of licence decisions
Part 4—Compliance and enforcement
Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
39 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Monitoring
40 Entry, and exercise of powers, for monitoring purposes
41 Monitoring powers
42 Securing evidence
43 Additional powers in relation to evidential material
44 Extension of period for securing a thing