# The Nuclear Installations (Increase of Operators' Limits of Liability) Order 1994, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/909/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-installations-increase-of-operators-limits-of-liability-order-1994/note
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