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Notices of Amendments: 24 January 2013
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Energy Bill, continued

Mr John Hayes

107

Schedule  12,  page  169,  line  8,  leave out from ‘Part’ to ‘The’ in line 10 and insert ‘3

of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (category 2 responders: general), after

paragraph 29A insert—

“Miscellaneous

29B
’.

Mr John Hayes

108

Schedule  12,  page  169,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘Railways Act 2005 (c. 14)

64A
Schedule 3 to the Railways Act 2005 (transfer of safety functions) is amended

as follows.

64B
In paragraph 1(5) (railway safety purposes), after paragraph (b) (but before the

“and” immediately following it) insert—

“(ba)
the Office for Nuclear Regulation;”.

64C(1)
Paragraph 2 (ORR’s principal railway safety functions) is amended as follows.

      (2)
In sub-paragraph (6), for the words following “must” substitute “—

(a)
if the proposals relate to regulations that are relevant to the

ONR’s purposes (within the meaning of Part 2 of the

Energy Act 2013), consult the Office for Nuclear

Regulation;

(b)
in any case, consult—

(i)
such government departments, and

(ii)
such other persons,


as it considers appropriate.”

      (3)
In sub-paragraph (7), at the end insert “and, if the regulations are relevant to

the ONR’s purposes (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2013), the

Office for Nuclear Regulation”.

64D
In paragraph 4 (reports and investigations), after sub-paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A)
The Office of Rail Regulation must consult the Office for Nuclear

Regulation before taking any step under sub-paragraph (1) in

relation to a matter which appears to the Office of Rail Regulation

to be, or likely to be, relevant to the ONR’s purposes (within the

meaning of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2013).” ’.

Mr John Hayes

109

Schedule  12,  page  170,  line  16,  after ‘meaning’ insert ‘of Part 1’.

Mr John Hayes

110

Schedule  12,  page  171,  line  13,  after ‘meaning’ insert ‘of Part 1’.

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Energy Bill, continued

Mr John Hayes

111

Schedule  12,  page  171,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41)

69A
In section 2A of the National Health Service Act 2006 (Secretary of State’s

duty as to protection of public health)—

(a)
in subsection (3)(b), for “the Health and Safety Executive” substitute

“a relevant body”;

(b)
in subsection (4)(a), for “Health and Safety Executive” substitute

“relevant body”;

(c)
after subsection (4) insert—

“(5)
For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4), each of the

following is a relevant body—

(a)
the Health and Safety Executive;

(b)
the Office for Nuclear Regulation.”.’.

Mr John Hayes

112

Schedule  12,  page  171,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (c. 19)

70A
In section 25 of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act

2007, in the definition of “health and safety legislation”, at the end insert “and

provision dealing with health and safety matters contained in Part 2 of the

Energy Act 2013 (nuclear regulation)”.’.

Mr John Hayes

113

Schedule  12,  page  171,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘Energy Act 2008 (c. 32)

71A
The Energy Act 2008 is amended as follows.

71B
In section 46 (approval of a funded decommissioning programme), in

subsection (6), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)
the Office for Nuclear Regulation,”.

71C
In section 50 (power to disapply section 49), in subsection (2), for paragraph

(a) substitute—

“(a)
the Office for Nuclear Regulation,”.

71D
In section 54 (nuclear decommissioning: regulations and guidance), in

subsection (8), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)
the Office for Nuclear Regulation,”.

71E
In section 59 (offence of further disclosure of information), in subsection

(2)(c)—

(a)
for “the Health and Safety Executive” substitute “the Office for

Nuclear Regulation”;

(b)
for “the Executive” substitute “the Office for Nuclear Regulation”.

71F
In section 63 (co-operation with other public bodies), in subsection (2), for

paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)
the Office for Nuclear Regulation;”.’.

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Energy Bill, continued

Mr John Hayes

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Schedule  12,  page  172,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7)

74
In section 58(6) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (radiation protection

functions), after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)
the Office for Nuclear Regulation”.’.

Tom Greatrex

Luciana Berger

115

Schedule  4,  page  109,  line  37,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘will’.

Market access for independent renewable generators

Dr Alan Whitehead

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

“‘( )
The Secretary of State must exercise the powers conferred by this Chapter so as

to establish an auction market (the “green power auction market”) in which

generators are entitled to offer, and holders of supply licences are entitled to bid

for, electricity generated from renewable sources.

( )
The Secretary of State must exercise those powers, and take such other steps

(including the exercise of any other power conferred by or under a provision of

this Part) as the Secretary of State considers necessary, for the purpose of

ensuring that—

(a)
the green power auction market begins to operate when the first CFD is

made and does not cease to operate until expiry of the last CFD that has

been made; and

(b)
the reference price under a CFD entered into by a generator who is a party

to an agreement made through the green power auction market is based

on the price payable to the generator under that agreement.

( )
In this section—

“CFD” means a contract for difference as specified in subsection 2(a) and

(b);

“supply licence” means a licence under section 6(1)(d) of EA 1989.’.



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