The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 1965 Act” means the Nuclear Installations Act 1965(1);

“the main commencement day” means the day on which the Protocols come into force in respect of the United Kingdom(2);

“the Protocols” means—

(a)

the Protocol of 12th February 2004 to amend the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy of 29th July 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 and by the Protocol of 16th November 1982(3), and

(b)

the Protocol of 12th February 2004 to amend the Convention of 31st January 1963 Supplementary to the Paris Convention of 29th July 1960 on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 and by the Protocol of 16th November 1982(4).

(1)

1965 c.57. The effect of the 1965 Act has been modified by the Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991 c.46, section 3 and the Schedule, paragraph 6. The effect of the 1965 Act has been modified in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland by the Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976 c.28 (“the 1976 Act”), sections 3 and 4. Certain provisions of the 1976 Act are amended by this Order. The 1965 Act will be modified by the Defence Reform Act 2014 c.20, Schedule 1, paragraph 3 when that paragraph comes into force. The 1965 Act has been amended on a number of occasions. Relevant amendments are noted in the following provisions of this Order.

(2)

It will be possible to find out the date on which the Protocols come into force in respect of the United Kingdom by referring to the relevant page on UK Treaties Online (http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treaty.htm).

(3)

The Protocol of 12th February 2004 has been published in the Miscellaneous Series No. 6 (2015) Cm. 9135; the Convention of 29th July 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 was published in the Treaty Series No. 69 (1968), Cmnd. 3755; the Protocol of 16th November 1982 was published in the Treaty Series No. 6 (1989), Cm. 659. The Protocols and Conventions are also available via UK Treaties Online (http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treaty.htm ).

(4)

The Protocol of 12th February 2004 has been published in the Miscellaneous Series No. 7 (2015) Cm. 9136; the Convention of 31st January 1963 Supplementary to the Paris Convention, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 was published in the Treaty Series No. 44 (1975), Cmnd. 5948; the Protocol of 16th November 1982 was published in the Treaty Series No. 17 (1992), Cm. 1832. The Protocols and Conventions are also available via UK Treaties Online (http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treaty.htm ).