SOCAP (Serious Organised Crime & Police Act 2005)

Question 1

Name the Licensed Scottish Nuclear Site and Scottish Designated Sites?

Answer 1

• Licensed Nuclear Site = HMNB Rosyth
• Licensed Scottish Designated Sites = HMNB Clyde & RNAD Coulport

Question 2

What is the defence to someone within a protected site?

Answer 2

If a person charged with the offence proves that they did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the site where the offence was committed was a protected site.

Question 3

Section 129 (1) SOCAP 2005?

Answer 3

A person commits an offence if they enter any Designated Scottish Sites without lawful authority.

Question 4

Section 129 (1A) SOCAP 2005?
“Protected Site” Definition

Answer 4

States that a “Protected Site” means a nuclear site and a designated site.

Question 5

What is the geographical definition of a “Designated Site”?

Answer 5

• The area within the outer perimeter of the protection provided for the site, being the line of the outermost fences, walls or other obstacles relied on for protecting the site from intruders.
• The line referred to is determined on the assumption that every gate or other barrier across a fence or other obstacle is closed.
• If the site adjoins the coast, the line runs along the edge of the man-made quay so that any wharf, jetty or structure that projects into the sea is included within the designated site.