The Nuclear Installations (Insurance Certificate) Regulations 1965

Statutory Instruments

1965 No. 1823

ATOMIC ENERGY AND RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

NUCLEAR MATTER

The Nuclear Installations (Insurance Certificate) Regulations 1965

Made

20th October 1965

Laid before Parliament

29th October 1965

Coming into Operation

1st December 1965

The Minister of Power and the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 21(3) and 26(1) of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and of all other powers them enabling hereby jointly make the following Regulations:—

Commencement and citation

1.  These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st December 1965 and may be cited as the Nuclear Installations (Insurance Certificate) Regulations 1965.

Interpretation

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(2) In these Regulations “appropriate authority” means—

(a) in relation to a licensee, the Minister;

(b) in relation to the Authority, the Minister of Technology;

(c) in relation to a government department, the Minister in charge of that government department;

(d) in relation to a relevant foreign operator, the government or other competent public authority of that operator's relevant territory.

(3) Subject to paragraph (2) of this Regulation expressions used in these Regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings as in the Act.

Prescribed particulars

3.  The document required by section 21(3) of the Act to be issued by or on behalf of the guarantor shall contain the following particulars:—

(a) the name and address of the responsible party;

(b) a description of the nuclear matter to be carried;

(c) the total number of the packages containing the nuclear matter to be carried and the identifying marks thereon;

(d) the place of departure and the intended destination of the nuclear matter to be carried in respect of which the responsible party may incur liability by virtue of sections 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the Act or any relevant foreign law made for purposes corresponding to those of the said section 10;

(e) the amount of the funds available for the satisfaction of claims and the period covered by such funds;

(f) the type of security;

(g) a statement by or on behalf of the appropriate authority that the responsible party is an operator of a relevant site.

Fred Lee

Minister of Power

18th October 1965

William Ross

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

20th October 1965

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations, made by the Minister of Power and the Secretary of State for Scotland acting jointly, prescribe for the purposes of section 21(3) of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 particulars to be contained in the certificate required when nuclear matter is to be carried in such circumstances that liability may be incurred by the operator of a nuclear installation either under the Act or under corresponding foreign law.

These particulars relate to the operator (referred to as the responsible party), the nuclear matter, the carriage and the funds available to satisfy any liability which may be incurred.