184.Section 52 places an obligation on the Police Authority to secure the maintenance of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, in similar terms to the obligation on police authorities for Home Office police forces under section 6 of the Police Act 1996 (c.16). It also defines the primary function of the Constabulary as the protection of civil licensed nuclear sites and the safeguarding of nuclear material.
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