Moved by
Baroness Featherstone
7: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 41 to 45 and insert—
“(9) Before making any regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must—
(a) consult —
(i) the ONR,
(ii) the International Atomic Energy Agency,
(iii) the National Audit Office,
(iv) such other persons, if any, as the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult, and
(b) lay before Parliament a written statement declaring that, after consultation with the above parties, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the ONR—
(i) has sufficient staffing and financial resources to implement nuclear safeguards regulations, and
(ii) is sufficiently independent to implement nuclear safeguards regulations.
(9A) The statement under subsection 9(b) must be laid before both Houses of Parliament.”