Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the transfer to the Secretary of State of the functions under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 which were previously exercisable by those Secretaries of State acting jointly who for the time being discharged in relation to England and Wales and in relation to Scotland the functions expressed to be conferred by that Act on the Minister. (In practice this meant the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State for Scotland).
The functions will accordingly now be legally exercisable by any of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. In practice, it is intended that they will be exercised by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
The Order also makes consequential adaptations of enactments. It also makes provision for the transfer to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry of any property, rights and liabilities relevant to the functions and makes other supplemental and consequential provision.