Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991

Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c. 57)

6(1)For the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (restriction of certain installations to licensed sites and prohibition of certain operations), any site in designated premises used by a contractor shall be treated as a site used by a government department.

(2)If a contractor uses any site in designated premises for a purpose which, if section 1 of that Act applied to the contractor in relation to that site, would require the authority of a nuclear site licence, the provisions of that Act other than sections 1 to 6 and 22 shall have effect as if—

(a)the contractor were the licensee under a nuclear site licence in respect of that site; and

(b)any reference to the period of the licensee’s responsibility were a reference to any period during which the contractor occupies that site.