reg 9 Outline planning zone
(1) The outline planning zone must be determined as follows— (a) in relation to a site for which the Office for Nuclear Regulation is the regulator, except for— (i) an authorised defence site, (ii) a nuclear warship site, or (iii) a site which is a licensed site where that license has been granted either to the Secretary of State for Defence or to another person in relation to activities carried out by that person on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence, in accordance with Schedule 5. (b) in relation to a site for which the Health and Safety Executive is the regulator, by the local authority following discussion with the operator; (c) in relation to any other site, including the sites listed at sub-paragraph (a)(i) to (iii), by the Secretary of State. (2) The regulator and the Secretary of State may agree, in relation to a site falling within paragraph (1)(a), that the site has an outline planning zone which is greater or smaller than that determined in accordance with Schedule 5. (3) The operator and the local authority may agree in relation to a site falling within paragraph (1)(b), that the site has no outline planning zone. (4) The planning to be undertaken by the local authority in relation to the outline planning zone must be commensurate to the risk of a radiation emergency affecting that area, and the local authority's off-site emergency plan required under regulation 11 must clearly set out when that plan would be brought into effect in relation to the outline planning zone.