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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 31 January 2013
32

Energy Bill, continued

Mr John Hayes

Agreed to  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

Agreed to  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

Agreed to  109

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

Mr John Hayes

Agreed to  110

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

Mr John Hayes

Agreed to  111

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

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 31 January 2013
33

Energy Bill, continued

‘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

Agreed to  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

Agreed to  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;”.’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 31 January 2013
34

Energy Bill, continued

Mr John Hayes

Agreed to  114

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”.’.

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

Clauses 95 to 107 Agreed to.

Schedule 13 Agreed to.

Clause 108 Agreed to.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 5 February at 8.55 am



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