(1)A Minister of the Crown may issue guidance to a person or body listed in Part 1 or 3 of Schedule 1 about the matters specified in section 2(3) and (5).
(2)The Scottish Ministers may issue guidance to a person or body listed in Part 2 or 4 of Schedule 1 about the matters specified in section 2(4) and (5) (as applied by section 2(6)).
(3)A person or body listed in any Part of Schedule 1 shall—
(a)comply with regulations under section 2(3) or (4), and
(b)have regard to guidance under subsection (1) or (2) above.
(4)A person or body listed in Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 may be referred to as a “Category 1 responder”.
(5)A person or body listed in Part 3 or 4 of Schedule 1 may be referred to as a “Category 2 responder”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 3 partly in force; s. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 34; s. 3(1)(3)(4)(5) in force for specified purposes at 14.11.2005 by S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(c); s. 3(2) in force and s. 3(4)(5) in force for specified purposes (S.) at 6.10.2005 and s. 3(3) in force for specified purposes (S.) at 14.11.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/493, arts. 3(c)(d), 4(c)