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The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) (Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

S.I. 2020/992 · Made 14 September 2020

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Exiting The European Union

Atomic Energy And Radioactive Substances

Made 14th September 2020

Laid before Parliament 15th September 2020

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8B(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2018 c. 16. Section 8B was inserted by section 18 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) (“the 2020 Act”).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendments to the Nuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) (Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and come into force immediately before IP completion day.

2Interpretation

For the purpose of the specification mentioned in section 112(1A)(b) of the Energy Act 2013, these Regulations are to be treated as regulations under section 112(1B) of that Act.

3Amendments to the Nuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

(1)

The Nuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3—

(a)

in paragraph (e) at the end omit “and”;

(b)

after paragraph (f) insert—

“(g)

the EU withdrawal agreement;”;

(c)

at the end for “(f)” substitute “(g)”.

Signature

Nadhim Zahawi

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Industry

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

14th September 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers in section 8B(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

Regulation 2 provides that for the purpose of the interpretation of “relevant international agreements” in section 112(1A) of the Energy Act 2013, the Regulations are to be treated as regulations under section 112(1B) of that Act.

Regulation 3 amends the Nuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 by adding the EU withdrawal agreement to the list of “relevant international agreements”. Ensuring compliance by the UK or enabling or facilitating compliance by a Minister of the Crown with a relevant international agreement is the nuclear safeguards purpose of the Office for Nuclear Regulations (see section 72 of the Energy Act 2013).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as this measure has no significant impact on business, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared and is available alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.