Deregulation Act 2015

Atomic Energy Act 1946 (c. 80)E+W+S

14E+W+SOmit sections 6 and 7 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Atomic Energy Act 1946 (which confer powers to do work for the purpose of discovering certain minerals and to compulsorily acquire rights to work such minerals).

15(1)The following amendments are made in consequence of paragraph 14.E+W+S

(2)In the 1946 Act—

(a)in section 15(1), omit the words “, except an order made under section seven thereof or an order varying or revoking such an order,”;

(b)in section 16, omit the words from “Provided that” to the end of the section;

(c)in section 19, omit paragraphs (c) and (d);

(d)in section 20(1), omit the words “, except sections six and seven thereof,”.

(3)In the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954, in Schedule 3, omit—

(a)the paragraph beginning “In subsection (1) of section seven”;

(b)the paragraph beginning “At the end of section sixteen”;

(c)the paragraph beginning “In paragraph (c) of section nineteen”.