Explanatory note

This Order increases the maximum amount payable as compensation, by a person liable by virtue of a breach of a duty imposed on him by section 7, 8 or 9 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, in respect of any one occurrence constituting such a breach. That amount is increased from £20 million to £140 million or, in the case of licencees of sites prescribed under the Nuclear Installations (Prescribed Sites) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/919), from £5 million to £10 million.