# Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000, Section 11: Minor and consequential amendments.

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

(1) In section 6(3) of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (persons exempted from prohibition on entry to certain premises) in paragraph (bb), at the end there is inserted “ or under Article 11 of the Additional Protocol (within the meaning of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000) ”.
(2) In paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 to the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (persons exempted from prohibition on entry to certain sites) in paragraph (bb), at the end there is inserted “ or under Article 11 of the Additional Protocol (within the meaning of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000) ”.
(3) In section 2 of the Nuclear Safeguards and Electricity (Finance) Act 1978 (rights of Agency inspectors)—
(a) in subsection (1), after “article 85” there is inserted “ of the Safeguards Agreement or Article 11 of the Additional Protocol (within the meaning of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000) ”;
(b) in subsection (4), for the words from “shall be liable” to the end there is substituted
“shall be guilty of an offence.
(4A) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) above shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; and
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.”; and
(c) after subsection (7), there is inserted—
“(8) If in any proceedings any question arises whether a person at any time when purporting to exercise powers under this section was or was not a person designated as mentioned in subsection (1) above, a certificate issued by or under the authority of the Secretary of State stating any fact relevant to that question shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/5/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-safeguards-act-2000/section-11
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