(1)Subject to the next following subsection, subsection (4) of section five of the Atomic Energy Authority Act, 1954 (which makes temporary provision as to the discharge of waste on or from premises occupied by the Authority), and subsection (5) of section one of the Nuclear Installations (Licensing and Insurance) Act, 1959 (which extends the said subsection (4) to sites in respect of which nuclear site licenses have been granted), are hereby repealed as from the appointed day.
(2)Any authorisation granted under the enactments mentioned in the preceding subsection which is in force immediately before the appointed day shall continue in force on and after that day (notwithstanding the repeal of those enactments, and notwithstanding the expiry of the period for which, apart from this Act, those enactments would have had effect) but shall have effect on and after that day as if it were an authorisation granted under subsection (1) of section six of this Act and may be revoked or varied accordingly.
(3)In subsection (6) of section one of the Nuclear Installations (Licensing and Insurance) Act, 1959 (which requires copies of certain conditions and requirements to be kept posted on the premises), paragraph (b) (which relates to the conditions or requirements attached to an authorisation granted under the enactments repealed by subsection (1) of this section) is hereby repealed from the appointed day.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of s. 17(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
C2The text of s. 17(3) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991