Interpretation.
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In this Act—
- “Additional Protocol” means the protocol signed at Vienna on 7th June 2018 additional to the Safeguards Agreement;
- “Additional Protocol information” means information which the Secretary of State or the Office for Nuclear Regulation needs or will need in order to enable the obligations of the United Kingdom under Article 2 of ... the Additional Protocol to be met;
- “Agency” means the International Atomic Energy Agency;
- “Agency inspector” means a person designated under Article 83 of the Safeguards Agreement or Article 11 of the Additional Protocol;
- “authorised officer” means a person authorised by the Office for Nuclear Regulation for the purpose of exercising powers under this Act; and
- “Safeguards Agreement” means the agreement made on 7th June 2018 between the United Kingdom and the Agency for the application of safeguards in the United Kingdom in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
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References in the following provisions of this Act to Articles or Annexes are to articles of or annexes to the Additional Protocol.
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For the purposes of this Act the text of the Additional Protocol is that signed on 7th June 2018 but subject, in the case of Annexes I and II, to any amendments made under Article 16.b.
S. 1 in force at 1.5.2004 by S.I. 2004/1242, arts. 2, 3
Words in s. 1(1) inserted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 43(2); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
Words in s. 1(1) substituted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 43(3); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4
Words 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. 8(a) (with Sch. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in s. 1(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/196), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 8(b) (with Sch. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words 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. 8(c) (with Sch. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words 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. 8(d) (with Sch. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in s. 1(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/196), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 9 (with Sch. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)