Nuclear Emergency Response Act Article 43

FundParagraph 43.1In order to implement the preparedness measures for nuclear emergency response, and to support response operations during the occurrence or possible occurrence of an accident, the central competent authority shall collect a certain amount of money from the nuclear reactor facility licensee each year for every nuclear reactor facility to set up a Nuclear Emergency Response Fund. The income and expenditure, the safekeeping, and the utilization of the fund are to be prescribed by the Executive Yuan.Paragraph 43.2The uses of the Fund mentioned in the preceding paragraph are as follows:(1) The revenues and expenditures incurred by the central competent authority in conducting exercises according to Paragraph 1 of Article 15,(2) the revenues and expenditures incurred by the central competent authority when implementing actions specified in Article 16,(3) the revenues and expenditures incurred by the local competent authority when implementing actions specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 18,(4) the revenues and expenditures related to emergency response operations upon occurrence of a nuclear accident, and(5) the revenues and expenditures for management and administrative affairs.Paragraph 43.3The designated agencies may allocate funds in accordance with the law to cover expenses related to the planning, personnel training, and other matters pertaining to the implementation of the emergency response plan specified in this Act.Paragraph 43.4The specific amount specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 43 is to be determined by the central competent authority according to annual uses of the Fund, appropriate reserve for response operations and other relevant factors.