LORDS AMENDMENTS TO THE

Nuclear Safeguards Bill

[The page and line references are to HL Bill 81, the bill as first printed for the Lords]

Clause 1

Page 2, leave out lines 18 and 19

Page 2, line 23, at end insert—

““civil activities” means—

(a)    

production, processing or storage activities

which are carried on for peaceful purposes;

(b)    

electricity generation carried on for peaceful

purposes;

(c)    

decommissioning;

(d)    

research and development carried on for

peaceful purposes;

(e)    

any other activity carried on for peaceful

purposes;”

After Clause 1

Insert the following new Clause—

“Agreements required before withdrawal

(1)    

In the event that any of the agreements listed in subsection (3) are not in

place on 1 March 2019, a Minister of the Crown must, as part of the

negotiations regarding the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the

European Atomic Energy Community Treaty, request to suspend the

United Kingdom’s withdrawal until either—

(a)    

the agreements listed in subsection (3) are in place, or

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(b)    

other arrangements have been made to enable the United Kingdom

to continue to benefit from existing nuclear safeguards

arrangements until the agreements listed in subsection (3) are in

place.

(2)    

For the avoidance of doubt, a request for suspension under subsection (1)

applies only to withdrawal from the European Atomic Energy Community

Treaty and to no other part of the United Kingdom’s negotiations for

withdrawal from the European Union.

(3)    

The relevant agreements are—

(a)    

an agreement between the United Kingdom and the International

Atomic Energy Agency recognising the Office for Nuclear

Regulation as the approved United Kingdom safeguarding

authority in place of the European Atomic Energy Community;

(b)    

a Voluntary Offer Agreement between the United Kingdom and the

International Atomic Energy Agency resulting from the United

Kingdom no longer being a member of the European Atomic

Energy Community; and

(c)    

relevant international agreements with those nations with which

the United Kingdom has exercised rights in the last three years as a

party to agreements made by the European Atomic Energy

Community.”

Clause 2

Page 4, line 24, at end insert—

“( )    

No regulations may be made under this section after the end of the period

of 5 years beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.”

After Clause 2

Insert the following new Clause—

“Report on nuclear safeguards

(1)    

The Secretary of State must, in respect of each reporting period, prepare a

report containing information about nuclear safeguards.

(2)    

Information about nuclear safeguards includes information about—

(a)    

international arrangements relating to nuclear safeguards to which

the United Kingdom is (or is proposed to be) a party, and

(b)    

the establishment in the United Kingdom of arrangements relating

to nuclear safeguards.

(3)    

A report under this section may include other information on future

arrangements with Euratom, which may include information relating to

nuclear research and development and the import and export of qualifying

nuclear material.

(4)    

A report under this section must be laid before Parliament after the end of

the reporting period to which it relates.

(5)    

There are four successive reporting periods, each of which is a period of 3

months.

(6)    

The first reporting period is the period of 3 months beginning with the day

on which this Act is passed.”

Clause 4

Page 4, line 38, leave out “Section 3,” and insert “Sections (Report on nuclear

safeguards) and 3,”

The Schedule

Page 7, line 3, leave out “76A(5) or (8)” and insert “76A(8)”