Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Nuclear Installations (Regulation of Buildings and Use of Land) Act, 1978. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu. (3) It shall come into force in respect of a nuclear installation and the area within 4.8 kilometres from any portion of the boundary of any such nuclear installation on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint.