{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-installations-act-1965/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-installations-act-1965/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/57",
  "legislation_title": "Nuclear Installations Act 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-installations-act-1965",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Duty of Authority.",
  "text": "Sections 7 and 7A of this Act shall apply in relation to the Authority—\n(a) as if any premises which are or have been occupied by the Authority were a site in respect of which a nuclear site licence has been granted to the Authority; and\n(b) as if in relation to any such premises any reference to the period of the licensee’s responsibility were a reference to any period during which the Authority is in occupation of those premises ; and sections 7 and 7A shall so apply whether or not a nuclear site licence has been granted in respect of the premises in question.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 5(a) (with art. 40)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.I. 1990/1918, reg. 2, Sch. para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), arts. 1(2), 5(b) (with art. 40)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/57/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:27.265239+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}