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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 247

Civil Contingencies

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013

Made

22nd August 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

23rd August 2013

Coming into force

1st November 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(4) and (5) and 17(6) of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 14(2) of that Act they have consulted a Minister of the Crown before making these Regulations.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st November 2013.

Amendment of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

2.—(1) The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1)—

(a)for paragraphs (a) to (h) of the definition of “co-ordination area” substitute—

(a)Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, Dumbarton and Clydebank, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire;

(b)City of Edinburgh, Clackmannan, East Lothian, Falkirk, Fife, Midlothian, Stirling, The Borders and West Lothian; or

(c)Aberdeenshire, Angus, City of Aberdeen, City of Dundee, Highland, Moray, Orkney Islands, Perthshire and Kinross, Shetland Islands and Western Isles;;

(b)after the definition of “non-lead Category 1 responders” insert—

“Regional Resilience Partnership” has the meaning given by regulation 3(3);; and

(c)omit the definition of “Strategic Co-ordinating Group”.

(3) For each reference to “Strategic Co-ordinating Group” in the Regulations substitute “Regional Resilience Partnership”.

KENNY MACASKILL

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

22nd August 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide for Strategic Co-ordinating Groups to be re-named Regional Resilience Partnerships, and the agglomeration of the co-ordination areas from eight to three, by amendment of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2)(a) amends the definition of “co-ordination area” in the 2005 Regulations so that there are three co-ordination areas comprising the areas mentioned there.

Regulation 2(2)(b), (2)(c) and (3) amend the 2005 Regulations to remove the definition of “Strategic Co-ordinating Group”, insert a new term of “Regional Resilience Partnership” and replace all references in the 2005 Regulations to Strategic Co-ordinating Group with Regional Resilience Partnership.

(1)

2004 c. 36. Section 2(5) has effect in relation to section 2(4) by virtue of subsection (6) of that section and with the modifications specified in subsection (6).

(2)

S.S.I. 2005/494. As amended by S.S.I. 2006/129 and 2013/119.

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