The Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991 Amendment Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1396
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991 Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997.

Section 2 Amendment

For paragraph 6 of the Schedule to the Act (which makes provision as to the application of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 for the purpose of conferring privileges and immunities) there shall be substituted the following—

(6)

(1) Any conditions which, by virtue of section 4 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, are attached to a nuclear site licence granted in respect of a site in designated premises used by a contractor, shall not apply to the extent that such conditions affect the design of a nuclear device or any other device (other than a nuclear reactor) intended to simulate the properties of a nuclear device.

(2) If a nuclear site licence has been granted in respect of any site in designated premises used by a contractor, the provisions of that Act shall have effect as if any reference to the period of the licensee’s responsibility were a reference to any period during which the contractor occupies that site.

(3) Section 6 of that Act (maintenance of list of licensed sites) shall not apply in relation to any site in designated premises used by a contractor in respect of which a nuclear site licence has been granted.