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Diciem institutions Act 1965
Nuclear Installations Act 1965
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(b) in the case of an occurrence which is one of a succession of occurrences all attributable to a particular happening on a particular relevant site or to the carrying out from time to time on a par- ticular relevant site of a particular operation, means all those occurrences collectively;
period of responsibility", in relation to a licensee, has the meaning assigned by section 5 (3) of this Act; prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister of Power and the Secretary of State acting jointly, which shall be made by statutory instrument and be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolu- tion of either House of Parliament;
"relevant carriage", in relation to nuclear matter, means
carriage on behalf of-
(a) a licensee as the licensee of a particular licensed site; or
(b) the Authority; or
(c) a government department for the purposes of such use of a site by that department as is mentioned in section 9 of this Act; or
(d) a relevant forcign operator; or
(e) a person authorised to operate a nuclear reactor which is comprised in a means of transport and in which the nuclear matter in question is intended to be used:
"relevant foreign contribution", in relation to any claim, means any sums falling by virtue of any relevant inter- national agreement to be paid by the government of any relevant territory other than the United Kingdom towards the satisfaction of that claim;
relevant foreign judgment' means a judgment of a court of a relevant territory other than the United Kingdom which, under a relevant international agree- ment, is to be enforceable anywhere within the relevant territories;
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relevant foreign law means the law of a relevant territory other than the United Kingdom or any pårt thereof regulating in accordance with a relevant international agreement matters falling to be so regulated and, in relation to a particular relevant foreign operator, means the law such as aforesaid of his home territory:
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"relevant foreign operator means a person who, for the purposes of a relevant international agreement, is the operator of a relevant installation in a relevant territory other than the United Kingdom;
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relevant installation means an installation to which a
relevant international agreement applies; relevant international agreement means an international agreement with respect to third-party liability in the field of nuclear energy to which the United Kingdom or Her Majesty's Government therein are party, other than an agreement relating to liability in respect of nuclear reactors comprised in means of transport;
"relevant site
means any of the following, that is to say
(a) a licensed site at any time during the period of the licensee's responsibility;
(b) any premises at any time when they arc occupied by the Authority;
(c) any site at any time when it is occupied by a government department, if that site is being or has been used by that department as mentioned in sec- tion 9 of this Act;
(d) any site in a relevant territory other than the United Kingdom at any time when that site is being used for the operation of a relevant installation by a relevant foreign operator;
"relevant territory" means a country for the time being
bound by a relevant international agreement;
territorial limits" includes territorial waters.
(2) References in this Act to the carriage of nuclear matter shall be construed as including references to any storage incidental to the carriage of that matter before its delivery at its final destination.
(3) Any question arising under this Act as to whether-
(a) any person is a relevant foreign operator; or
(b) any law is the relevant foreign law with respect to any
matter; or
(c) any country is for the time being a relevant territory, shall be referred to and determined by the Minister.
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