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Enforced by: ONR
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 2 of 13 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment. 11 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Responsible Person6 Operator5 Any Person2

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Responsible Person — also bound by 108 other Acts

MH(CT)(S)A 2003 30 duties

Climate Change Levy (General) Regulations 2001 24 duties

Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case ) Regulations 2015 21 duties

The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 21 duties

The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 19 duties

Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts

Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 203 duties

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 121 duties

Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 112 duties

Space Industry Regulations 2021 76 duties

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 66 duties

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

INTRODUCTORY

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3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation, commencement, revocation and extent

s.002 Interpretation: general

s.003 Meaning of “nuclear material”, “Category I/II nuclear material” and “Category III nuclear material”

Part 2

SECURITY OF NUCLEAR PREMISES

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s.007 Maintenance of security Regulated

Maintain and follow approved security standards for nuclear premisesResponsible Person

s.008 Temporary security plans during building works etc. Regulated

Submit a temporary security plan for nuclear premises building worksResponsible Person

s.009 Requirement for approval of relevant personnel Regulated

Ensure certain staff are background checked and approved by the governmentResponsible Person

s.010 Reports by responsible persons Regulated

Report security incidents at nuclear premises within 24 hoursResponsible Person

s.011 Directions to responsible persons Regulated

Comply with security directions from the Secretary of StateResponsible Person

s.012 Transitional provisions: security obligations under old legislation Regulated

Continue complying with old security plan until new one is approvedOperator

3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.004 Requirement for approved security plan for nuclear premises

s.005 Submission and approval of first security plans

s.006 Replacement, amendment and revocation of approved security plans

Part 3

SECURITY OF TRANSPORT OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL

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s.013 Requirement for Category I/II nuclear material and Category III nuclear material to be transported by approved carriers Regulated

Use only approved carriers to transport nuclear materialResponsible Person

s.017 Duties of approved carriers: general Regulated

Comply with transport security statements and vet personnelOperator

s.018 Reports by carriers Regulated

Report security incidents involving nuclear material transportOperator

s.019 Duties relating to particular transports of Category I/II nuclear material Regulated

Submit and follow a transport security plan for Class A nuclear materialOperator

s.021 Directions to carriers Regulated

Comply with security directions from the Secretary of StateOperator

4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.014 Approval of carriers

s.015 Revocation of approval of carriers

s.016 Transport security statements

s.020 Duties relating to particular transports of Category III nuclear material

Part 4

SECURITY OF SENSITIVE NUCLEAR INFORMATION

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1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.022 Duties of persons with sensitive nuclear information

Part 5

GENERAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

2 of 6 sections shown

s.025 Offences Imprisonment

Fail to comply with nuclear security regulationsAny Person

s.027 Transport by ship Imprisonment

Fail to meet nuclear transport obligations for ship entryAny Person

4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.023 Application of provisions of the 1974 Act

s.024 Application of provisions of the 1978 Order

s.026 Exclusion of defence premises and transports

s.028 Application to hovercraft

1 other provision

s.categories of nuclear material CATEGORIES OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL

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Working in the civil nuclear industry

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