# Defence Reform Act 2014, Paragraph 3

Status: prospective

(1) For the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (restriction of certain installations to licensed sites and prohibition of certain operations), any site in designated premises is to be treated as a site used by a government department.
(2) Sub-paragraph (3) applies if a contractor uses any site in designated premises for a purpose which, if section 1 of that Act applied to the contractor in relation to the site, would require the authority of a nuclear site licence.
(3) The provisions of that Act other than sections 1 to 6 and 22 have effect as if—
(a) the contractor were the licensee under a nuclear site licence in respect of the site, and
(b) any reference to the period of the licensee's responsibility were a reference to any period during which the contractor occupies the site.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/20/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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