Explanatory note

Regulation 2 of these Regulations extends the definition of “nuclear material” for the purposes of section 70(3) of the Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation’s nuclear security purposes) by prescribing additional kinds of fissile material.

Regulation 3 of these Regulations corrects an error in the drafting of the Nuclear Industries Security (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/190) (“the Amending Regulations”) identified in the 23rd report of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (“JCSI”) for the Parliamentary Session 2012-2013. The Amending Regulations inserted new provisions into the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/403) (“the Principal Regulations”) requiring that a security plan for one nuclear site or nuclear construction site must cover activities that may affect security at another nuclear site that is within 5 kilometres of it. The JCSI reported defective drafting in the phrase used to express the range of activities that must be covered by the security plan. These Regulations amend regulation 4(3A) in the Principal Regulations in order to rectify this error.

Regulation 4 provides for regulation 2 of these Regulations to be reviewed before the end of five years beginning with the day on which they come into force.

A full Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.