Regulation 4 Intervention NoticesF1

Subject to paragraph (3), the Chief Inspector may, by serving an intervention notice upon the responsible person, require that the responsible person carry out the necessary actions set out in regulation 3(2).

If no responsible person is identified then the Department shall undertake the necessary actions set out in regulation 3(2).

Where, by virtue of the land being land contaminated by a nuclear occurrence, the Secretary of State is the responsible person, the Department shall undertake the necessary actions set out in regulation 3(2).

Where the Department has a duty to take action by virtue of paragraph (3), the Secretary of State shall make available to the Department a sum of money in respect of costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Department (or by a person on its behalf) in discharging that duty.