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Section 3.
1E+WIn this Schedule “designated premises” means any designated premises as respects which such arrangements as are referred to in section 1(3) of this Act have been made, whatever may be the respective rights of the Secretary of State and any contractor in or over any part of the premises.
2E+WFor the purposes of Part II of the Military Lands Act 1892 (byelaws for lands under the management of Secretary of State used for service purposes), land in designated premises shall be treated as land under the management of the Secretary of State for military purposes.
3E+WPart II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (security of tenure for business tenants) shall not apply to any tenancy granted to a contractor in respect of any land in designated premises.
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. para. 4 repealed (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 11, s. 67(3), Sch. 6
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Textual Amendments
F2Sch. para. 5 repealed (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, s. 50, Sch. 6 Pt.I(with ss. 42, 46)
[F36(1)Any conditions which, by virtue of section 4 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, are attached to a nuclear site licence granted in respect of a site in designated premises used by a contractor, shall not apply to the extent that such conditions affect the design of a nuclear device or any other device (other than a nuclear reactor) intended to simulate the properties of a nuclear device.E+W
(2)If a nuclear site licence has been granted in respect of any site in designated premises used by a contractor, the provisions of that Act shall have effect as if any reference to the period of the licensee’s responsibility were a reference to any period during which the contractor occupies that site.
(3)Section 6 of that Act (maintenance of list of licensed sites) shall not apply in relation to any site in designated premises used by a contractor in respect of which a nuclear site licence has been granted.]
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. para. 6 substituted (1.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1396, art. 2
7(1)The power of the Secretary of State under section 48(4) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Crown exemptions) shall include power to provide for exemptions, in relation to designated premises or activities carried on by a contractor at such premises, from all or any of the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of Part I of that Act.E+W
(2)For the purposes of the M1Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1989, designated premises and the activities carried on by a contractor at such premises shall be treated as premises occupied, and as activities carried on by, the Crown.
Marginal Citations
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(2)For the purposes of section 105(3) of that Act (treatment of Crown land under the Act), any interest of a contractor in designated premises shall be treated as a Crown interest in those premises.
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. para. 8(1) repealed (27.8.1993) by 1993, c. 11, s. 67(3), Sch.6
9E+WFor the purposes of Part III of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (under which non-domestic rates are levied except on land occupied by or on behalf of the Crown for public purposes), land in designated premises shall be treated as occupied on behalf of the Crown for public purposes.
10E+WFor the purposes of section 31 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 (exercise of powers in relation to Crown land), any interest of a contractor in designated premises shall be treated as a Crown interest in those premises.
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. para. 10A and crossheading inserted (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 10 (with ss. 42, 46)
[F610A(1)For the purposes of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993, so far as relating to authorisations required under section 13(1) of that Act for the disposal of radioactive waste, a relevant site in designated premises shall be treated as a site in respect of which a nuclear site licence is for the time being in force.E+W
(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above, “relevant site” means a site used by a contractor for the purposes of any activity which would, if section 1 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 applied to the site, require a nuclear site licence.]
Textual Amendments
F6Sch. para. 10A and crossheading inserted (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 10 (with ss. 42, 46)
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. para. 10B and crossheading inserted (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 11, s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para.5
[F810B(1)Subsection (1) of section 46 of the Clean Air Act 1992 (Crown premises) shall have effect, in relation to emissions from designated premises, as if—E+W
(a)references to premises under the control of a government department which are occupied for the public service of the Crown included a reference to designated premises; and
(b)references to the responsible Minister were references to the Secretary of State.
(2)For the purposes of section 36 of that Act (notices requiring information about air pollution), designated premises, and persons at such premises, shall be treated as premises used for, or persons in, the public service of the Crown.
(3)For all other purposes of that Act any such premises shall be treated as Crown premises occupied by a government department.]
Textual Amendments
F8Sch. para. 10B and crossheading inserted (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 11, s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para.5
11E+WAll instruments, authorities, powers and privileges subsisting at the commencement of this Act under the enactments mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall (until revoked) continue in force in accordance with those provisions.
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