Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018

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Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to make provision about nuclear safeguards; and for connected purposes.
Citation 2018 c. 15
Introduced by Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Commons)
Lord Henley, for and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Lords)
Territorial extent United Kingdom
(s.5(1): "This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to the rest of this section.", but provided also that "the power under s.12(4) of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000 may be exercised so as to extend the amendment or repeal (with or without modifications) to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man or any British overseas territory. ".)
Dates
Royal assent 26 June 2018
Commencement 26 June 2018
Other legislation
Relates to European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
Nuclear Safeguards and Electricity (Finance) Act 1978
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 (c. 15) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that makes legal provision to enable the continuation of nuclear safeguards after the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Atomic Energy Community as part the implementation of the country's exit from the European Union (Brexit). [1] [2]

The Act received royal assent on 26 June 2018, coincidentally on the same day as the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to which it contains several references. [3]

See also

References

  1. Hinson, Suzanna (17 August 2018). "The Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018". House of Commons Library.
  2. "Nuclear Safeguards Bill introduced today". GOV.UK. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  3. "Royal Assent – Hansard (26 June 2018)". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2020.