The National Security (Prohibited Places) (Civil Nuclear) Regulations 2023

• Citation: S.I. 2023/1114
• Sections: 9

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Security (Prohibited Places) (Civil Nuclear) Regulations 2023 and come into force 21 days after the date on which they are laid.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Section 2 Prohibited Places

The land, buildings and vehicles specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations are designated as prohibited places in accordance with section 8 of the National Security Act 2023.

Section 1 Interpretation

In this Schedule—

(a) “ the 2003 Regulations ” means the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003 ;

(b) the following terms have the meaning given by regulation 3 of the 2003 Regulations —

(i) “Category I/II nuclear material”;

(ii) “Category III nuclear material”;

(c) the following terms have the meaning given by section 26 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 —

(i) “licensed site”;

(ii) “nuclear reactor”;

(d) the following terms have the meaning given by section 77(7) of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 —

(i) “enrichment of uranium”;

(ii) “equipment”;

(iii) “United Kingdom ship”.

Section 2 Prohibited Places

A licensed site where—

(a) Category I/II nuclear material or Category III nuclear material, or both, is held; and

(b) a nuclear reactor is located.

Section 3 Prohibited Places

In so far as paragraph 2 does not apply, the following licensed sites—

(a) Dounreay at Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7TZ;

(b) Harwell at Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DF;

(c) Sellafield at Seascale, Cumbria, CA20 1PG;

(d) Springfields Works at Salwick, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 0XJ.

Section 4 Prohibited Places

Nucleus: the building at Wick Airport, Wick, Caithness, KW1 4QS which holds the Nuclear and Caithness Archives.

Section 5 Prohibited Places

Land or a building which holds—

(a) equipment or software designed or adapted for use in, or in connection with, the enrichment of uranium (or which is not so designed or adapted but is likely to be of exceptional use in that connection); or

(b) information relating to, or capable of use in connection with, the enrichment of uranium.

Section 6 Prohibited Places

In so far as paragraph 2 does not apply, land or a building that is the subject of an order granting development consent under section 114(1)(a) of the Planning Act 2008 in relation to a nuclear generating station within section 15 of that Act —

(a) if the land or building is within a five kilometre radius of a licensed site within paragraph 2 of this Schedule;

(b) if the land or building is outside a five kilometre radius of a licensed site within paragraph 2 of this Schedule, when it becomes a licensed site.

Section 7 Prohibited Places

A ship in the United Kingdom or in the territorial waters adjacent to the United Kingdom, or a United Kingdom ship wherever it may be, designed or adapted for the transport of Category I/II nuclear material and used on at least one occasion by any person approved under regulation 14 of the 2003 Regulations as a Class A carrier.