Part 1The Civil Nuclear Industry

Chapter 2Transfers relating to nuclear undertakings

Supplementary provisions of Chapter 2 of Part 1

I150Interpretation of Chapter 2 of Part 1

1

In this Chapter —

  • nuclear company” means a body corporate with control of a designated installation, designated site or designated facility;

  • publicly controlled” is to be construed in accordance with subsection (3).

2

Expressions used in this Chapter and in Chapter 1 of this Part have the same meanings in this Chapter as in that Chapter.

3

For the purposes of this Chapter a body corporate is a publicly controlled company if it is a company limited by shares that is either publicly owned or is otherwise a company in which—

a

a person specified in subsection (4) holds a majority of the voting rights; or

b

two or more persons so specified, taken together, hold a majority of the voting rights.

4

The persons mentioned in subsection (3) are—

a

the Treasury;

b

a Minister of the Crown;

c

the NDA;

d

the UKAEA;

e

a publicly owned company; or

f

a nominee of a person falling within paragraphs (a) to (e).

5

In this section “companyF1means a company as defined in section 1(1) of the Companies Act 2006.