# The Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003, Regulation 4: Requirement for approved security plan for nuclear premises

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The responsible person must ensure that there is an approved security plan in place at all times for each nuclear premises in relation to which that person is responsible (whether or not the premises form part of other premises to which this paragraph applies).
(2) A security plan must describe in writing the standards, procedures and arrangements adopted or to be adopted by the responsible person to ensure the security of—
(a) the nuclear premises in relation to which he is the responsible person,
(b) any Category I/II nuclear material and Category III nuclear material used or stored on the premises,
(c) any equipment or software used or stored on the premises in connection with activities involving nuclear material,
(d) any sensitive nuclear information kept on the premises, and
(e) in the case of nuclear premises which are or form part of a nuclear site—
(i) any nuclear material (so far as not already mentioned in sub-paragraph (b)) and other radioactive material used or stored on the premises, and
(ii) any equipment or software used or stored on the premises in connection with activities involving other radioactive material,
(f) in the case of nuclear premises which are, or form part of, a civil nuclear construction site, any equipment used or stored on such a site.
(3) In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2), the plan must describe the standards, procedures and arrangements relating to—
(a) the investigation and assessment by the ONR of the suitability of relevant personnel of the responsible person with a view to ensuring the security of the premises and the material, equipment and information mentioned in paragraph (2);
(b) the receipt and despatch of any Category I/II nuclear material and Category III nuclear material to be transported to or from the nuclear premises;
(c) the manner in which the nuclear premises are to be policed and guarded, including the identity of the person providing any constables or persons acting as guards, the total number of constables and such persons attached to the premises and the number of such constables or other persons who will normally be present there; and
(d) the steps to be taken by the responsible person or any person acting on his behalf if any event of a kind specified in regulation 10(5)(a), (b), (e) , (f), (g) or (h) that requires immediate action occurs, and the regular practice of the activities required in connection with those steps.
(3A) Further, and without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2)—
(a) in the case of a civil nuclear site (A) which is located within 5 kilometres of a civil nuclear site (B), the plan in relation to site A must also describe the standards, procedures and arrangements to ensure the security of site B in relation to any activity which is or is to be carried out at site A that may or will affect the security of site B;
(b) in the case of a civil nuclear construction site falling within sub-paragraph (aa) of the definition of “nuclear premises”, which is located within 5 kilometres of a nuclear site, the plan in relation to the civil nuclear construction site must also describe the standards, procedures and arrangements to ensure the security of that nuclear site, in relation to any activity which is or is to be carried out at the civil nuclear construction site that may or will affect the security of that nuclear site.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/403/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-industries-security-regulations-2003/regulation-4
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