Parliamentary approval for financial costs or for charges imposed
50 A money resolution is required for the Bill. A money resolution is required where a Bill gives rise to, or creates powers that could give rise to, new or increased charges on the public revenue (broadly, new or increased expenditure).
51 The Bill will widen the remit of the Office for Nuclear Regulation ("the ONR"), most notably by replacing section 72 of the Energy Act 2013 with a broader definition of the ONR's nuclear safeguards purposes. Expenditure incurred by the ONR in making payments towards the costs of complying with nuclear safeguards regulations, as a result of any regulations under the new section 76B for the 2013 Act, would also be relevant. The ONR was established by section 77 of the Energy Act 2013. Paragraph 26 of Schedule 7 to that Act provides for the Secretary of State to make payments to the ONR for the purpose of enabling it to perform its functions. Such payments are made out of money provided by Parliament.
52 The increase in the ONR's workload as a result of the Bill is likely to lead to an increase in such payments.
53 Therefore, a money resolution is required to cover the potential increase in sums payable by the Secretary of State under paragraph 26 of Schedule 7 to the Energy Act 2013 out of money provided by Parliament.