Commentary on provisions of Act Section 3: Report on nuclear safeguards
Section 3 requires the Secretary of State to prepare a report for Parliament containing information about nuclear safeguards for each three month period in the year after the Act is passed. Each report must be laid before Parliament after the three month period to which it relates.
	Subsection (2) provides that information about nuclear safeguards includes information about international arrangements and domestic arrangements in the United Kingdom. For example, reports could include information on the development of the domestic operational arrangements required for the new domestic safeguards regime, such as those being put in place by the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
	Subsection (3) provides that the reports may also include information on future arrangements with Euratom including on nuclear research and development and the import and export of qualifying nuclear material.