PART 3Nuclear Regulation
CHAPTER 4Functions of the ONR
Other functions
90Arrangements with government departments etc
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If the condition in subsection (2) is met, the ONR may enter into an agreement with a Minister of the Crown, a government department or a public authority for the ONR to perform any function exercisable by the Minister, department or authority.
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The condition is that—
a
the function is—
i
a function of the Health and Safety Executive of investigating or making a special report under section 14 of the 1974 Act, or
ii
a function of F1the Office of Rail and Road of investigating or making a special report under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Railways Act 2005, or
b
the Secretary of State considers that the function in question can appropriately be performed by the ONR.
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The functions to which an agreement under subsection (1) may relate—
a
in the case of an agreement with a Minister of the Crown, include a function not conferred by an enactment;
b
do not include any power to make regulations or other instruments of a legislative character.
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An agreement under subsection (1) may provide for functions to be performed with or without payment.
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The ONR may provide services or facilities, with or without payment, otherwise than for the ONR's purposes, to a government department or public authority in connection with the exercise of that department's or authority's functions.