(1)The ONR may by notice require a person to provide information which the ONR needs for carrying out its functions.
This is subject to subsection (4).
(2)A notice may require information to be provided—
(a)in a specified form or manner;
(b)at a specified time;
(c)in respect of a specified period.
(3)In particular, a notice may require the person to whom it is given to make returns to the ONR containing information about matters specified in the notice at times or intervals so specified.
(4)No notice may be given under this section which imposes a requirement which could be imposed by a notice served by the ONR under section 2 of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000 (information and records for purposes of the Additional Protocol).
(5)It is an offence to refuse or fail to comply with a notice under this section.
(6)A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to—
(i)in England and Wales, a fine, or
(ii)in Scotland or Northern Ireland, a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 97 modified (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(2)Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(a) (with Sch. 1 paras. 6, 4)
C2S. 97(5) modified (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(4)Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(a) (with Sch. 1 paras. 6, 4)
Commencement Information
I1S. 97 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/251, art. 4