Commentary on provisions of Act Section 1: Nuclear safeguards New section 76B
Section 1 also inserts a new section 76B into the 2013 Act. Subsection (1) of this new section 76B provides the Secretary of State with a regulation-making power to authorise or require the ONR to make payments towards compliance costs. Subsection (2) defines "compliance costs" as the costs of complying with the nuclear safeguards regulations, or specific provisions within those regulations. This power means the ONR could reimburse the costs incurred by persons complying with the nuclear safeguards regulations.
	Subsection (3) of new section 76B specifies that regulations may provide that payments by the ONR are only authorised or required to be made under certain circumstances.