Part 1

The Civil Nuclear Industry
Chapter 1

Nuclear decommissioning

Principal function of NDA

Designations relating to Scotland
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1
A direction under section 3 which—
a
gives the NDA responsibilities falling within subsection (2), or
b
removes or varies any such responsibilities,
may be given only by the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers, acting jointly.
2
The following responsibilities fall within this subsection—
a
responsibility for the cleaning-up of a site in Scotland which is a principal nuclear site without being a licensable site;
b
responsibility for the cleaning-up of a contaminated site in Scotland;
c
responsibility for the operation of facilities for treating or storing hazardous material in or on a site in Scotland which is a principal nuclear site without being a licensable site;
d
responsibility for the operation in or on a nuclear site in Scotland of a facility for the disposal of hazardous material;
e
responsibility, in specified circumstances, for the disposal at a site in Scotland of hazardous material;
f
responsibility for the treatment or storage of hazardous material that may, in the discharge of that responsibility, be treated or stored in or on a site in Scotland which is not a licensable site;
g
responsibility for the decommissioning of an installation comprised in NDA facilities that are situated in or on a site in Scotland which is a principal nuclear site without being a licensable site.
3
Before giving a direction under section 3 which—
a
gives the NDA responsibilities for the operation in or on a licensable site in Scotland of a facility for the non-processing treatment of hazardous material;
b
gives it responsibilities not falling within subsection (2)(f) for the non-processing treatment or the storage of hazardous material the treatment or storage of which, in the discharge of those responsibilities, may take place in or on a site in Scotland;
c
gives it responsibilities for the operation in or on a licensable site in Scotland of a facility for the storage of hazardous material; or
d
removes or varies any responsibilities mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c),
the Secretary of State must consult the Scottish Ministers.
4
In this section—
- “licensable site” means a site that falls within paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of the definition of a “principal nuclear site” in section 36(2);
- “non-processing treatment” means treatment that does not consist in the processing or reprocessing of spent or irradiated nuclear fuel.
S. 6 in force at 24.8.2004 by S.I. 2004/2184, art. 2(1), Sch. 1