Government appointments first members of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority

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Energy Minister Mike O'Brien has announced the names of the first members of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) which will take over responsibility for policing civil nuclear sites and nuclear materials from UKAEA on 1 April 2005. This change was facilitated by the Energy Act 2004. The current UKAEA Constabulary, will transfer to the CNPA and will be renamed the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. The Constabulary's role in providing a specialised policing and guarding service for nuclear sites and materials will not change. The Government's intention to create a Civil Nuclear Police Authority to take over responsibility of the policing of civil nuclear sites and nuclear materials from UKAEA was announced in July 2002 as part of the Managing the Nuclear Legacy White Paper (Cmnd 5552). The Energy Act 2004 provided the statutory power to complete this change. The seven members of the CNPA are: Mr Melvyn Smith (Chair) Melvyn Smith is a Magistrate who has been a member of West Yorkshire Police Authority since 1994 and a member of the Association of Police Authorities since 1996. During this time he has held senior positions in both organisations. He is also Chair of the Redwood Group of Companies. He has been appointed for a period of four years and will receive £25000 a year. Dame Elizabeth Neville Dame Elizabeth Neville retired as Chief Constable of Wiltshire Constabulary in September 2004. She is a non-Executive Director of the Serious Fraud Office, a Member of the Police Appeals Tribunal, a Complaints Assessor for the Driver and Vehicle Operator Group (DVO) and a Director of Ajay Shopfit Maintenance Ltd. She has been appointed for a period of three years and will receive £17500 a year. Mr (Robert) John McNeill John McNeill has held a range of senior management posts in the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) and is currently leading work on human rights and corporate risk prior to leaving the Service. Previously, he held senior posts in the Northern Ireland Prison Service and Non Governmental Organisations. He has recently been appointed to the Risk Management Authority of the Scottish Executive Justice Department. He has been appointed to the CNPA for a period of five years and will receive £10,000 a year. Mr Robert Armour Company Secretary and General Counsel, British Energy Dr John Crofts Director, Safety and Environment, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Mr Trevor Farrington Site Executive for Personnel, Security and Public Relations, URENCO (Capenhurst) Dr Roger Howsley Director, Security, Safeguards and International Affairs, BNFL Melvyn Smith, Elizabeth Neville and John McNeil are independent members while the others are ex-officio members and were nominated by their employers.

 

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