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Part 3Decommissioning of energy installations

Chapter 1Nuclear sites: decommissioning and clean-up

Miscellaneous

62Power to apply this Chapter to other nuclear installations

(1)The Secretary of State may, by order, modify section 45 so that it also applies where, on or after the day on which the order comes into force, a person applies for a nuclear site licence in respect of a site of a description specified in the order.

(2)The sites which fall within a description specified under subsection (1) must be—

(a)sites on which the person intends to construct a nuclear installation for a purpose connected with the generation of electricity, or

(b)sites in respect of which an obligation has previously arisen under section 45 by virtue of paragraph (a) and on which the person intends to operate a nuclear installation which was constructed for such a purpose.