53. Transfer of responsibility in international transfers of nuclear materials under Safeguards Agreement

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(1)

Where any nuclear material to which the

Safeguards Agreement applies, is transferred internationally, the responsibility for such material shall be regarded as being the responsibility of the Council :-

(a)

in the case of any import, from the time such responsibility ceases to lie with the exporting State, and no later than the time at which the nuclear material reaches Sri Lanka; and

(b)

in the case of any export, up to the time at which the recipient State assumes such responsibility and no later than the time at which the nuclear material reaches its destination.

(2)

The Council shall not be deemed to have any responsibility for nuclear material merely by reason of the fact that such material is in transit on or over its territory or its territorial waters or that such material is being transported under its flag or in any of its aircrafts.

(3)

For the purpose of subsection (1), the point at which the responsibility of the Council shall cease in regard to the import into or the export from Sri Lanka of any nuclear material, shall be as determined by the Council, in compliance with the Safeguards Agreement.

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