The Energy Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025

Made: 6th November 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 334(1) of the Energy Act 2023[^f00001].

Citation

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025.

Provision coming into force on 2nd December 2025

2

Section 304 of the Energy Act 2023 (excluded disposal sites) comes into force on 2nd December 2025, insofar as it is not already in force[^f00002].

Signed

Vallance — Minister of State — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero — 6th November 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Explanatory Note

These Regulations bring into force on 2nd December 2025 specified provisions of the Energy Act 2023 (c. 52) (“the Act”). These are the fourth set of commencement regulations under the Act.

Regulation 2 brings into force the remaining provisions of section 304, amending the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c. 57) to create a route by which certain installations for the disposal of nuclear matter can be excluded from the nuclear third party liability regime established by that Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2023 c. 52.

[^f00002]: Subsection (3) of section 304 was partially commenced by S.I. 2024/32.

[^f00003]: Sections 303 and 304 were originally brought into force by S.I. 2024/32 but the commencement of those sections (other than section 304(3) for certain purposes) was revoked by S.I. 2024/98.