Commentary on provisions of Act Section 1: Nuclear safeguards Substitution of section 72
Subsection (1) of section 1 provides a new definition of the ONR’s nuclear safeguards purposes (found in section 72 of the Energy Act 2013) to reflect the domestic safeguards regime that will be put in place once Euratom arrangements no longer apply to the United Kingdom. The new nuclear safeguards purposes are:
ensuring compliance with the nuclear safeguards regulations (to be made under the new section 76A, considered below);
ensuring compliance by the United Kingdom with international agreements relating to nuclear safeguards to which the United Kingdom is a party and which may be specified in regulations ("relevant international agreements": see paragraph 42 below); and
the development of any future obligations relating to nuclear safeguards.