Atomic Energy Licensing Act 1984 s 52
s 52 Several installation operators liable
(1) Where nuclear damage engages the liability of more than one installation operator, all the installation operators involved shall, in so far as the damage attributable to each operator is not reasonably separable, be jointly and severally liable.
(2) Where a nuclear incident occurs in the course of carriage within Malaysia of nuclear material, either in one and the same conveyance or, in the case of storage incidental to carriage, in one and the same nuclear installation, and causes nuclear damage which engages the liability of more than one installation operator, the total liability shall not exceed the amount established under section 59.
(3) Subject to subsection 61(2), in neither of the cases referred to in subsections (1) and (2) shall the liability of any one installation operator exceed the amount established under section 59.
Malay text (authoritative)
Beberapa pengendali pepasangan bertanggungan
(1) Jika kerosakan nuklear melibatkan liabiliti kepada lebih daripada seorang pengendali pepasangan, semua pengendali pepasangan yang terlibat hendaklah, setakat mana kerosakan yang boleh dikaitkan kepada tiap-tiap seorang pengendali itu tidak semunasabahnya dapat diasingkan, bertanggungan secara bersesama dan berasingan.
(2) Jika suatu insiden nuklear berlaku semasa bahan nuklear sedang dibawa di dalam Malaysia, sama ada dalam satu kenderaan yang sama, atau, dalam hal penstoran yang bersampingan dengan pembawaan, dalam satu pepasangan nuklear yang sama, dan menyebabkan kerosakan nuklear yang melibatkan liabiliti kepada lebih daripada seorang pengendali pepasangan, jumlah liabiliti tidak boleh lebih daripada amaun yang ditetapkan di bawah seksyen 59.
(3) Tertakluk kepada subseksyen 61(2), dalam kedua-duanya kes disebutkan dalam subseksyen (1) dan (2) liabiliti mana-mana pengendali pepasangan tidak boleh lebih daripada amaun yang ditetapkan di bawah seksyen 59.
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
