CF ain amendments to the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c.57) as amended by the Nuclear Installations Act 1969 (c.18) and the luclear Installations Act 1965 etc. (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1974 (S.I.1974/2056) (the 1965 Act or the Act).
2. The 1965 Act, which consolidated the Nuclear Installations (Licensing and Insurance) Act 1959 (c.46) (the 1959 Act) and the Nuclear Installations (Amendment) Act 1965 (c.6) (the Amendment Act) inter alia, gives effect to the Paris and Brussels Conventions and governs the liability of operators of nuclear installations for injury and damage caused by nuclear occurrences.
3. The 1959 Act established a system of licensing of nuclear installations and provided that the operators of such installations should be strictly liable for injury and damage caused by nuclear
The 1965 Amendment Act amended or replaced provisions
occurrences.
of the 1959 Act, inter alia, to give effect to the Paris and Brussels Conventions. In these instructions, unless otherwise stated,
all references to sections are to sections of the 1965 Act.
The main principles underlying the Paris Convention may be summarized as follows:
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(1) strict liability is imposed on the operator of a nuclear
installation for injury and damage caused by a nuclear occurrence thereon or in the course of certain kinds of transport; (Article 3 and sections 7,8,9 and 10);
(2)
liability is "channelled" to the operator (i.e. no one else
is liable for nuclear damage); (Article 6 and section 12(1)(b) );
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