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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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