(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring persons of any description specified in the regulations to inform [F1the Office for Nuclear Regulation] that they are of such a description and to give such supplementary particulars as may be so specified.
(2)Any such description must be so framed that persons within it are—
(a)persons about whose activities the United Kingdom is or will be obliged under the Additional Protocol to provide information to the Agency; or
(b)other persons likely to be in possession of information which the [F2Office for Nuclear Regulation] has reasonable cause to believe is Additional Protocol information.
(3)The regulations may—
(a)require persons to notify the [F3Office for Nuclear Regulation ] of changes in their circumstances; and
(b)include incidental and supplementary provisions.
[F4(3A)The Secretary of State must consult the Office for Nuclear Regulation before making regulations under this section unless the regulations give effect, without modification, to any proposals for them submitted by the Office for Nuclear Regulation under section 81(1)(a)(v) of the Energy Act 2013.]
(4)Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5)If regulations are made under this section the [F5Office for Nuclear Regulation] shall arrange for a statement of the fact that they have been made to be published in such manner as is likely to bring them to the attention of persons affected by them.
(6)A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed by regulations under this section is guilty of an offence.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 3(1) substituted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 45(2); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
F2Words in s. 3(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 45(3); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
F3Words in s. 3(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 45(4); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
F4S. 3(3A) inserted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 45(5); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
F5Words in s. 3(5) substituted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 45(6); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
Commencement Information
I1S. 3 in force at 1.5.2004 by S.I. 2004/1242, arts. 2, 3