Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983

Section 6.

SCHEDULE U.K. Article 1(a) and (b) of the Convention

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (10.12.2009) by The Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983 (Isle of Man) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3203), arts. 1, 3, Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Schedule wholly in force at 2.10.1991 see s. 8(2) and S.I. 1991/1716, art. 2

Article 1 U.K.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. article 1 wholly in force at 2.10.1991 see s. 8(2) and S.I. 1991/1716, art. 2

For the purposes of this Convention:

(a) “nuclear material” means plutonium except that with isotopic concentration exceeding 80% in plutonium238; uranium233; uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233; uranium containing the mixture of isotopes as occurring in nature other than in the form of ore or oreresidue; any material containing one or more of the foregoing;

(b) “uranium enriched in the isotope 235 or 233” means uranium containing the isotopes 235 or 233 or both in an amount such that the abundance ratio of the sum of these isotopes to the isotope 238 is greater than the ratio of the isotope 235 to the isotope 238 occurring in nature.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. article 1 wholly in force at 2.10.1991 see s. 8(2) and S.I. 1991/1716, art. 2