The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 No. 562

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Duties of licensee of licensed site

5. 4. Duties in respect of relevant disposal sites

6. 5. Duties of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

7. 6. Duties of Crown in respect of certain sites

8. 7. Duties of certain foreign operators

9. 8. Cost of measures of reinstatement

10. 9. Loss of income derived from the environment

11. 10. Cost of preventive measures

12. 11. Right to compensation with respect to injury, damage and significant impairment of the environment

13. 12. Exclusion of rights to compensation in certain cases

14. 13. Extension of rights to compensation in certain cases

15. 14. Reduction of compensation in certain cases

16. 15. Damage to property and measures of reinstatement

17. 16. Liens etc in respect of ships and aircraft excluded

18. 17. Time for bringing claims under sections 7 to 11

19. 18. Nuclear matter that is stolen, lost, jettisoned or abandoned

20. 19. Satisfaction of claims by operator of site

21. 20. Satisfaction of claims by Secretary of State etc

22. 21. Section 16 of the 1965 Act: supplementary

23. 22. Section 16: phasing of increases in liability

24. 23. Jurisdiction of courts in the United Kingdom

25. 24. Jurisdiction of courts in the United Kingdom: jurisdiction excluded

26. 25. Shared liability and foreign judgments

27. 26. Notice to Secretary of State of proceedings

28. 27. Right of Secretary of State or foreign government to intervene

29. 28. Proceedings conducted by foreign governments

30. 29. Powers of Secretary of State in relation to foreign claims

31. 30. Making United Kingdom funds available to satisfy claims for compensation

32. 31. Making United Kingdom funds available: limits and exceptions

33. 32. Obligation of licensee or operator to arrange cover for compensation

34. 33. Furnishing of information relating to licensee’s or operator’s cover

35. 34. Power to make arrangements with respect to licensee’s or operator’s cover

36. 35. Cover for compensation in respect of damage to means of carriage

37. 36. Registration in connection with certain occurrences and events

38. 37. Amounts in euros

39. 38. Interpretation of the 1965 Act

40. 39. Further amendments

41. 40. Transitional provision

42. Signature

43. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Measures of reinstatement outside the United Kingdom

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Further amendments

       1. PART 1 Primary legislation

          1. 1. Nuclear Installations Act 1969

          2. 2. Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976

          3. 3. Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994

          4. 4. Energy Act 2013

       2. PART 2 Secondary legislation

          1. 5. The Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977

          2. 6. The Nuclear Installations (Increase of Operators’ Limits of Liability) Order 1994

          3. 7. The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1998

          4. 8. The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999

          5. 9. The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006

          6. 10. The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2006

          7. 11. The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2007

44. Explanatory Note