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Localisation of United Kingdom Enactments. Liability for Carriage of Nuclear Material

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paper has been prepared as a basis for. in accordance with the three principles for consultation agreed at the eighth meeting 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 for injury or damage caused by the carriage of nuclear

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BACKGROUND

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On 23

February 1966 the United Kingdom ratified

the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy signed at Paris on 29 July 1960 (the "Paris Convention") and the additional Protocol signed at Paris on

28 January 1964.

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In order to implement the Paris Convention and the Protocol in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom enacted 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 the carriage of nuclear material to and from

nuclear installations and provided for the payment of compensation in the event of injury or damage being caused by such carriage.