7 Duty of licensee of licensed site
Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (1965 c 57) | Legislation

Duty of licensee, etc, in respect of nuclear occurrences

7  Duty of licensee of licensed site

[(1)     Subject to subsection (4), where a nuclear site licence has been granted in respect of a site, the licensee has the duties set out in subsections (1A), (1C) and (1E).

(1A)     It is the duty of the licensee to secure that no occurrence involving nuclear matter falling within subsection (1B) causes—

(a)     injury to any person,

(b)     damage to any property of any person other than the licensee, or

(c)     significant impairment of the environment,

being injury, damage or impairment that arises out of or results from the radioactive properties, or a combination of those and any toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties, of that nuclear matter.

(1B)     The occurrences referred to in subsection (1A) are—

(a)     any occurrence on the licensed site

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