Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at 7:00 pm on 3 June 2013.
Amendment made: 118, page 78, line 29, at end insert—
‘(3) The power in subsection (2) includes power to make modifications of—
(a) paragraphs 16 to 25B of Schedule 12 (amendments of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965), or
(b) the provisions of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 that are amended by those paragraphs.
(4) The power conferred by virtue of subsection (3) is exercisable—
(a) before or after the date on which those paragraphs come into force, and
(b) only for the purpose of making provision corresponding to any amendments of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 set out in an order made before that date (whether before or after this Act is passed) under section 76 of the Energy Act 2004 (amendments for giving effect to international obligations).’.—(Michael Fallon.)
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