Clause 12 - General duties when carrying out functions
Energy Bill [Lords]
8:55 am
Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 106, in
clause 12, page 9, line 30, at beginning insert—
'( ) It shall be the paramount duty of the NDA to safeguard the environment.'.
No. 22, in
clause 12, page 9, line 30, leave out from first 'the' to end of line 31 and insert
'paramount duty of the NDA, in carrying out its functions, to ensure—
(a) the safety of the environment and the protection of the natural and built environment from any pollution or contamination from the release, spillage or escape of any nuclear or nuclear-related material into the air, waterways, sea or land, or from any contamination arising from the use, treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of hazardous waste (and in setting out its decommissioning strategy for any nuclear installation or site, nothing shall be done that would give rise to any such release, spillage or escape), and
(b) the safety of the general population and of the workforce in any nuclear or nuclear-related facility who may be affected by the release, spillage or escape in any fashion of any nuclear or nuclear related material into the air, waterways, sea or land, or from activities involving the use, treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of hazardous material.
(1A) It shall be the further duty of NDA, so as far as it is not incompatible with the paramount duty under subsection (1), to have regard to—'.
No. 107, in
clause 12, page 9, line 30, after first 'the', insert 'further'.
No. 23, in
clause 12, page 9, line 40, leave out from beginning to 'and' in line 43.
No. 108, in
clause 12, page 9, leave out line 40.