Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “Core Competence” means the ability to provide or manage installations, buildings or services required for a nuclear submarine or a nuclear reactor and the ability to do one or more of the following—

  1. (a)

     design and build a nuclear submarine and integrate its equipment and systems;

  2. (b)

     design and build a nuclear reactor;

  3. (c)

     provide or manage the repair and maintenance of a nuclear submarine and a nuclear reactor; or

  4. (d)

     provide or manage the removal of a nuclear reactor, the nuclear reactor fuel and other radioactive material from a nuclear submarine;

• “equipment” means an item or items required for the construction or operation of a nuclear submarine but does not include any weapon;

• “joint buying agreement” means an agreement between two or more Submarine Enterprise Collaboration Participants for the joint purchase of goods or services;

• “nuclear reactor” means a nuclear reactor for a nuclear submarine;

• “nuclear submarine” means a submarine developed or manufactured for the Secretary of State where that submarine is powered by a nuclear steam raising plant;

• “Submarine Enterprise Collaboration Participant” means a person satisfying the criteria in article 3;

• “systems” means assemblies of equipment that are to be integrated into a nuclear submarine.