3Report on nuclear safeguards
(1)
The Secretary of State must, in respect of each reporting period, prepare a report containing information about nuclear safeguards.
(2)
Information about nuclear safeguards includes information about—
(a)
international arrangements relating to nuclear safeguards to which the United Kingdom is (or is proposed to be) a party, and
(b)
the establishment in the United Kingdom of arrangements relating to nuclear safeguards.
(3)
A report under this section may include other information on future arrangements with Euratom, which may include information relating to nuclear research and development and the import and export of qualifying nuclear material.
(4)
A report under this section must be laid before Parliament after the end of the reporting period to which it relates.
(5)
There are four successive reporting periods, each of which is a period of 3 months.
(6)
The first reporting period is the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.