EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/403) (“the 2003 Regulations”), which provide for the regulation of the civil nuclear industry for security purposes. Part 3 of the 2003 Regulations makes provision about the security of nuclear material which is being transported.
Regulation 2(2) of these Regulations amends regulation 2 of the 2003 Regulations to extend the regulatory regime for the secure transport of nuclear material in the 2003 Regulations to include the transport of such material by air. Regulation 2(3) of these Regulations makes amendments regulation 3 of the 2003 Regulations that are consequential to the amendment to regulation 2.
A full Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.