(1)The provisions of sections 2 and 3 below shall have effect for the purpose of enabling effect to be given in the United Kingdom to the Agreement [F1made on 7th June 2018 at Vienna between the United Kingdom and the International Atomic Energy Agency] for the application of Safeguards in the United Kingdom in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
(2)F2... In the following provisions of this Act—
(a)the Agreement F3... is referred to as “the Safeguards Agreement”; and
(b)any reference to a numbered article is a reference to the article of the Safeguards Agreement which bears that number.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/196), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 2(a) (with Sch. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in s. 1(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/196), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 2(b) (with Sch. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in s. 1(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/196), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 2(c) (with Sch. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)