SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7The Office for Nuclear Regulation

Laying and publication

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1

This paragraph applies toβ€”

a

the ONR's strategy, and any revision of it, approved under paragraph 22(7),

b

the ONR's annual plan, and any revision of it, approved under paragraph 23(4), and

c

a report made to the Secretary of State under paragraph 24.

2

The documents mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) are referred to in this paragraph as β€œrelevant documents”.

3

The Secretary of State must lay a copy of each relevant document before Parliament, together with a statement as to whether any matter has been excluded from that copy in accordance with sub-paragraph (4).

4

If it appears to the Secretary of State, after consultation with the ONR, that the publication of any matter in a relevant document would be contrary to the interests of national security, the Secretary of State may exclude that matter from the copy of it as laid before Parliament.

5

The ONR must arrange for a relevant document to be published in the form in which it was laid before Parliament under sub-paragraph (3).