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Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
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· 2000-05-25
2020-12-31
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
2018-06-26
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
2014-04-01
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
2004-05-07
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
2004-05-05
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
2004-05-01
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
2001-12-14
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
Changes on 2001-12-14
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- (1) In this Act—
- “Additional Protocol” means the protocol signed at Vienna on 22nd September 1998 (Cm. 4282) additional to the Safeguards Agreement;
- “Additional Protocol information” means information which the Secretary of State needs or will need in order to enable the obligations of the United Kingdom under Article 2 of, or the third or fourth paragraph of Annex III to, the Additional Protocol to be met;
- “Agency” means the International Atomic Energy Agency;
- “Agency inspector” means a person designated under Article 85 of the Safeguards Agreement or Article 11 of the Additional Protocol;
- “authorised officer” means a person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purpose of exercising powers under this Act; and
- “Safeguards Agreement” means the agreement made on 6th September 1976 between the United Kingdom, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Agency for the application of safeguards in the United Kingdom in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
- “*Additional Protocol*” means the protocol signed at Vienna on 22nd September 1998 (Cm. 4282) additional to the Safeguards Agreement;
- “*Additional Protocol information*” means information which the Secretary of State needs or will need in order to enable the obligations of the United Kingdom under Article 2 of, or the third or fourth paragraph of Annex III to, the Additional Protocol to be met;
- “*Agency*” means the International Atomic Energy Agency;
- “*Agency inspector*” means a person designated under Article 85 of the Safeguards Agreement or Article 11 of the Additional Protocol;
- “*authorised officer*” means a person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purpose of exercising powers under this Act; and
- “*Safeguards Agreement*” means the agreement made on 6th September 1976 between the United Kingdom, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Agency for the application of safeguards in the United Kingdom in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
- (2) References in the following provisions of this Act to Articles or Annexes are to articles of or annexes to the Additional Protocol.
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- (7) A person on whom a notice is served shall keep and retain such records of information in his possession (and retain any existing records) as may be necessary to enable him to comply with the notice; and a failure to do so shall be taken into account in proceedings for an offence under subsection (5) in determining whether a reasonable excuse exists for a refusal or failure to comply with the notice.
- (8) In this section “notice” means a notice served under subsection (2).
- (8) In this section “*notice*” means a notice served under subsection (2).
#### Identifying persons who have information
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- (4) Subsections (1) and (2) apply to Scotland with the substitution—
- (a) for “justice of the peace” of “justice (within the meaning of section 307 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995)”; and
- (a) for “*justice of the peace*” of “*justice (within the meaning of section 307 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995)*”; and
- (b) for “on information on oath” of “by evidence on oath”.
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is guilty of an offence.
- (8) In this section “wide-area environmental sampling” has the meaning given by Article 18.g.
- (8) In this section “*wide-area environmental sampling*” has the meaning given by Article 18.g.
#### Restriction on disclosure
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he as well as the body corporate is guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
- (4) In subsection (3) “director”, in the case of a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.
- (4) In subsection (3) “*director*”, in the case of a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.
- (5) Where an offence under this Act committed by a Scottish partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, he as well as the partnership is guilty of the offence and may be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
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##### 11
- (1) In section 6(3) of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (persons exempted from prohibition on entry to certain premises) in paragraph (bb), at the end there is inserted “or under Article 11 of the Additional Protocol (within the meaning of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000)”.
- (2) In paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 to the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (persons exempted from prohibition on entry to certain sites) in paragraph (bb), at the end there is inserted “or under Article 11 of the Additional Protocol (within the meaning of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000)”.
- (1) In section 6(3) of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (persons exempted from prohibition on entry to certain premises) in paragraph (bb), at the end there is inserted “ or under Article 11 of the Additional Protocol (within the meaning of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000) ”.
- (2) In paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 to the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (persons exempted from prohibition on entry to certain sites) in paragraph (bb), at the end there is inserted “ or under Article 11 of the Additional Protocol (within the meaning of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000) ”.
- (3) In section 2 of the Nuclear Safeguards and Electricity (Finance) Act 1978 (rights of Agency inspectors)—
- (a) in subsection (1), after “article 85” there is inserted “of the Safeguards Agreement or Article 11 of the Additional Protocol (within the meaning of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000)”;
- (a) in subsection (1), after “article 85” there is inserted “ of the Safeguards Agreement or Article 11 of the Additional Protocol (within the meaning of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000) ”;
- (b) in subsection (4), for the words from “shall be liable” to the end there is substituted
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[^key-65492954334d16139ad33c25df0ec598]: Act extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (7.5.2004) by [Nuclear Safeguards (Isle of Man) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1289)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1289), [art. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1289/article/2/2), [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1289/schedule/2)
[^key-aca3c615b2a8fb34d428a2064cfc0dc1]: Act extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (7.5.2004) by [Nuclear Safeguards (Guernsey) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1290)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1290), [art. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1290/article/2/2), [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1290/schedule/2)
#### Identifying persons who have information.
#### Powers of entry in relation to Additional Protocol information.
#### Short title etc.
2000-05-25
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
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