Statutory Instruments
ATOMIC ENERGY AND RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
NUCLEAR MATTER
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
1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st December 1965 and may be cited as the Nuclear Installations (Insurance Certificate) Regulations 1965.
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.
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
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.