Section 61
Government indemnity
of Atomic Energy Licensing Act 1984
(1)
The Government of Malaysia may, where it considers it necessary so to do, indemnify the installation operator liable and provide the necessary funds for the payment of claims for compensation for nuclear damage which have been established against the operator to the extent that the yield of insurance or other financial security is inadequate to satisfy such claims:
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Provided that the indemnity so provided by the Government of
Malaysia, together with the yield of insurance or other financial security, shall not in the aggregate exceed the maximum amount established under section 59 for any one nuclear incident.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), where it appears that claims for compensation for nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident may exceed the limit of liability established under section 59, the
Board shall furnish a report to the Minister with its recommendations for the appropriation of additional funds for the payment of claims for such compensation and the Minister shall cause the report to be laid forthwith before the Dewan Rakyat.
(3)
Upon such report being laid before it, the Dewan Rakyat may by resolution appropriate additional funds for such purpose if it considers it necessary in the interests of the nation that the limit of liability established under section 59 should be exceeded but not otherwise.
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