Atomic Energy Authority Act 1959 (c. 5)

Atomic Energy Authority Act 1959

1959 CHAPTER 5 8 and 9 Eliz 2

An Act to increase the maximum number of members of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, and to enable the Authority to include in their pension schemes staff of the National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science.

[17th December 1959]

1 Increase of maximum number of members of Authority. U.K.

In subsection (2) of section one of the M1 Atomic Energy Authority Act, 1954 (which provides that the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority shall consist of a chairman and not less than seven nor more than ten other members) for the word “ten” there shall be substituted the word “fifteen”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of s. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Marginal Citations

M1 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 32.

2 Provision of pensions for staff of the National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science. U.K.

Any scheme maintained by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 7 of the First Schedule to the M2 Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (which enables the Authority to pay pensions, or to provide and maintain pension schemes, for their officers and other persons employed by them) may apply to officers and other persons employed by the National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science as well as to officers and other persons employed by the Authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 2 repealed (prosp.), except as regards persons employed with the National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science before the coming into force of this repeal, by Science and Technology Act 1965 (c. 4), s. 6(3), Sch. 4

Marginal Citations

M2 1954 c. 32.

3 Expenses. U.K.

There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under section four of the M3 Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954.

Marginal Citations

M3 1954 c. 32.

4 Short title and citation. U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1959, and the Atomic Energy and Radioactive Substances Acts 1946 to 1954 and this Act may be cited together as the Atomic Energy and Radioactive Substances Acts 1946 to 1959.