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The Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Finance and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2008 (“the Act”) sets out the legislative framework for funded decommissioning programmes and for the entry into agreements concerning the disposal of hazardous nuclear material. These Regulations are made using the powers to charge under sections 45A, 46(3H), 49(3) and 66(3A) of that Chapter and they amend the Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Finance and Fees) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/126) (“the 2013 Regulations”).
Regulation 3 extends the charging power set out in regulation 6 of the 2013 Regulations in two ways. It enables the Secretary of State to recover the costs incurred in considering a proposal for a funded decommissioning programme put forward by an operator but before its submission to the Secretary of State under section 45(3)(b) of the Act. It also enables the Secretary of State to recover the costs incurred in considering proposals to modify a funded decommissioning programme but before those proposals are made by notice in writing to the Secretary of State under section 49(2)(b) of the Act.
Regulation 4 introduces two new charging powers into the 2013 Regulations which are set out in new regulation 6A and new regulation 6B.
New regulation 6A will enable the Secretary of State to recover from the operator of a nuclear site the costs of advice incurred in considering an agreement which it wishes to enter into under section 46(3A) of the Act, or any amendment to such an agreement or any proposal in relation to any such agreement or amendment.
New regulation 6B will enable the Secretary of State to recover from a person wishing to enter into an agreement made under section 66 of the Act the costs of advice incurred in considering the agreement, any amendment to such an agreement or any proposal in relation to any such agreement or amendment.
A regulatory triage assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business is available from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW and is published with the explanatory memorandum alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.
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