GOVERMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.
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Localisation of United Kingdom Enactments
Liability for Carriage of Nuclear material
INTRODUCTION
consultation,
consultation
This paper has been prepared M5
21 basis for
in accordance with the three principles toc
agreed at the cighth mecting of the
Sino British Joint Liaison Group on the way in which the
British side intend to localise certain provisions of
United Kingdom enactments which apply to Hong Kong. The
enactments covered by this paper concern liability Cor injury or damage caused by the carriage of nuclear
material.
BACKGROUND
2.
On 23
February
1966 the United Kingdom ratified
the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of
Nuclear Energy signed at Faris on 29 July 1900 (the "Faris Convention") and the additional Protocol signed at Paris on
28 January 1964.
3.
in order to implement the Paris Convention and the
Protocol in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom enacted
the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 ("the 1965 Act"). Among other provisions, the 1965 Act imposed obligations on the
operators of nuclear installations and certain others with
regard to tha carriage Of nuclear material to and from
nuclear installations and provided for the payment
compensation in the event of injury or damage being caused
by such carriage.
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