Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954

6 Miscellaneous provisions as to the Authority. U.K.

(1) Any land occupied by the Authority shall be deemed, for the purposes of any rate on property, to be property occupied by or on behalf of the Crown for public purposes.

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(3) Any place belonging to or used for the purposes of the Authority shall, for the purposes of paragraph (c) of section three of the M1 Official Secrets Act 1911 (which provides that places belonging to or used for the purposes of Her Majesty may be declared by order of the Secretary of State to be prohibited places for the purposes of that Act), be deemed to be a place belonging to or used for the purposes of Her Majesty, and no person other than—

(a) a constable acting in the execution of his duty as such; or

(b) an officer of customs and excise or inland revenue, acting in the execution of his duty as such; [F2 or

(bb) a person designated as an inspector of the International Atomic Energy Agency under article 85 of the Agreement made on 6th September 1976 for the application of Safeguards in the United Kingdom in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Cmnd. 6730) [F3 or under Article 11 of the Additional Protocol (within the meaning of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000)]]

(c) an officer of any government department specially authorised in that behalf by or on behalf of a Minister of the Crown [F4 or a member of staff of the Scottish Administration specially authorised in that behalf by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers,],

shall be entitled to exercise any right of entry (whether arising by virtue of any statutory provision or otherwise) upon any place belonging to or used for the purposes of the Authority which is such a prohibited place as aforesaid except with the consent of the Authority and in accordance with any conditions imposed by them:

Provided that any person aggrieved by a refusal by the Authority to consent to, or by conditions imposed on, the exercise of any such right of entry may apply to the Lord President of the Council who may, if he thinks fit, himself authorise the exercise of the right subject to such conditions, if any, as he may think fit to impose.

(4) The enactments specified in the Third Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the provisions set out in that Schedule for modifying or adapting those enactments consequentially on the establishment of the Authority.

(5) It is hereby declared that, save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the Authority are not to be treated for the purposes of the enactments and rules of law relating to the privileges of the Crown as a body exercising functions on behalf of the Crown, and the M2 Public Authorities Protection Act 1893, and section twenty-one of the M3 Limitation Act 1939, shall not apply to any action, prosecution or proceeding against the Authority or for or in respect of any act, neglect or default done or committed by a servant or agent of the Authority in his capacity as a servant or agent of theirs.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 6(2) repealed with savings by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c. 10), ss. 538, 539, Sch. 16

F2 S. 6(3)(bb) and the word “or” immediately preceding it added by Nuclear Safeguards and Electricity (Finance) Act 1978 (c. 25, SIF 8), s. 2(3)(a)

F3 Words in s. 6(3)(bb) inserted (1.5.2004) by Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000 (c. 5), ss. 11(1), 12(2) (with s. 12(3)); S.I. 2004/1242, arts. 2, 3

F4 Words in s. 6(3)(c) added (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 28 (with S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3).

Marginal Citations

M1 1911 c. 28.

M2 1893 c. 61.

M3 1939 c. 21.