Schedule 9: Independent System Operator and Planner: transfers Schedule 22: Accession to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage Paragraphs 2 and 3
Paragraph 2 amends section 16 of the Act. This section sets the liability limits of operators or licensees in respect of any breach of the duties set out in the Act, as well as the parameters for claims against the "appropriate authority" (in most cases, the Secretary of State).
	At present, the Act distinguishes between claims arising from states that are party to the Paris Convention, and those arising from states that are also party to the Brussels Convention. The addition of the CSC into the UK’s nuclear third-party liability landscape necessitates amendment to this classification system. The classification of the claim affects the maximum level of compensation available, and how the amount is comprised under the different regimes.
	Subparagraph (2) removes payments that are limited to CSC relevant claims from the limit of £700 million for a breach of Paris Convention duties imposed by the Act. Subparagraph (3) specifies that the liability limit imposed on operators under claims which relate only to the CSC is 300 million Special Drawing Rights (SDR – which are defined in paragraph 6).
	Subparagraphs (6) and (7) set out the various liability limits on the Scottish Ministers or Secretary of State, as applicable, for the different types and combinations of potential claims under the Paris, Brussels and CSC treaties. Subparagraph (7) also provides for restrictions on the distribution of the CSC international pooled fund. Only 50% of the fund can be used to satisfy domestic CSC claims, with the remaining 50% reserved for the compensation of claims originating in other CSC countries.
	Subparagraphs (4), (5), (8) and (9), and paragraphs 3 and 5 make the necessary consequential amendments to reflect the above changes to section 16 of the Act.