Part 3Decommissioning of energy installations

Chapter 1Nuclear sites: decommissioning and clean-up

Modification of approved programmes

I148Modification of approved programme

1

Where the Secretary of State has approved a funded decommissioning programme in respect of a site, a person mentioned in subsection (2) may—

a

propose a modification of the programme, or

b

propose a modification of the conditions to which the approval of the programme is subject.

2

Those persons are—

a

the Secretary of State,

b

the site operator, and

c

any other person who has obligations under the programme (provided that the site operator consents to the proposed modification).

3

A proposal under subsection (1) may, in particular, propose—

a

that obligations, or additional obligations, be imposed on a body corporate associated with the site operator, or

b

the removal of obligations imposed on a body corporate which is or was so associated.

4

In subsection (1)(b) “modification of the conditions” includes the imposition of conditions where the programme was approved unconditionally.