SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22Minor and consequential amendments

The Nuclear Installations Act 1965

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In section 3 of the [1965 c. 57.] Nuclear Installations Act 1965, after subsection (1) (grant of nuclear site licences) there shall be inserted—

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The Health and Safety Executive shall consult the appropriate Agency before granting a nuclear site licence in respect of a site in Great Britain.

2

In subsection (3) of that section (consultation with certain bodies), in paragraph (b), the words “the National Rivers Authority,” shall cease to have effect.

3

After subsection (6) of that section (variation of nuclear site licences) there shall be inserted—

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The Health and Safety Executive shall consult the appropriate Agency before varying a nuclear site licence in respect of a site in Great Britain, if the variation relates to or affects the creation, accumulation or disposal of radioactive waste, within the meaning of the [1993 c. 12.] Radioactive Substances Act 1993.