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PART III
Control and Protection of Radioactive Substances, etc.
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Competent authority.
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27.—(1) The Institute shall be—
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(a) the competent authority responsible for issuing and receiving the notification and other information pursuant to the Notification Convention or other relevant international instrument;
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(b) subject to subsection (2) of this section, the competent authority authorised to make and receive requests for and to make offers of assistance pursuant to the Assistance Convention or other relevant international instrument; and
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(c) the central authority having responsibility for physical protection of nuclear material and for co-ordinating recovery and response operations in the event of any unauthorised removal, use or alteration of nuclear material.
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(2) The Institute shall not make any request for or make offers of assistance pursuant to the Assistance Convention or other relevant international instrument save with the consent of the Minister.
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