64Continuity of obligations
(1)This section applies where a person (“the former site operator”) ceases to hold a nuclear site licence in respect of a site.
(2)This Chapter continues to apply to the former site operator as if it were the site operator in relation to the site.
(3)But the Secretary of State may give notice to the former site operator releasing it from its obligations under—
(a)this Chapter, and
(b)an approved funded decommissioning programme in respect of the site.
(4)A notice under subsection (3)—
(a)may relate to all the former site operator’s obligations or only to specified obligations;
(b)may relate to the whole or part of a site;
(c)may relate to all nuclear installations on a site or only to specified nuclear installations;
(d)may be unconditional or subject to conditions.
(5)The power conferred by subsection (3) applies in relation to any other person with obligations under a programme within subsection (3)(b) as it applies in relation to the site operator.
(6)This section is without prejudice to the operation of this Chapter in relation to another person who applies for or is granted a nuclear site licence in respect of the site.