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6(1)Section 6 (material to which the Act applies) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)Before subsection (1) insert—
“(A1)This section applies for the purposes of this Act.”
(3)In subsection (1), omit “in this Act”.
(4)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)“A nuclear facility” means a facility (including associated buildings and equipment) used for peaceful purposes in which nuclear material is produced, processed, used, handled, stored or disposed of.
(1B)For the purposes of subsections (1) and (1A)—
(a)nuclear material is not used for peaceful purposes if it is used or retained for military purposes, and
(b)a facility is not used for peaceful purposes if it contains any nuclear material which is used or retained for military purposes.”
(5)In subsection (2) (question whether or not nuclear material used for peaceful purposes to be determined conclusively by certificate of Secretary of State to that effect) after “material” insert “ or facility ”.
(6)For subsection (5) substitute—
“(5)“Act” includes omission.
(6)“The Convention” means the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities (formerly the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and renamed by virtue of the Amendment adopted at Vienna on 8th July 2005).
(7)“The environment” includes land, air and water and living organisms supported by any of those media.
(8)“Radioactive material” means nuclear material or any other radioactive substance which—
(a)contains nuclides that undergo spontaneous disintegration in a process accompanied by the emission of one or more types of ionising radiation, such as alpha radiation, beta radiation, neutron particles or gamma rays, and
(b)is capable, owing to its radiological or fissile properties, of—
(i)causing bodily injury to a person,
(ii)causing damage or destruction to property,
(iii)endangering a person's life, or
(iv)causing damage to the environment.”
(7)For the sidenote, substitute “ Interpretation ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 17 para. 6 in force at 30.11.2009 by S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2(q)
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