Civil Contingencies Act 2004
2004 CHAPTER 36
Commentary on Sections
Section 5: General measures
24.Subsections (1) and (2) enable a Minister of the Crown and, in relation to Scottish Category 1 responders, the Scottish Ministers, to require a Category 1 responder to perform a function for a purpose relating to an emergency. This provision does not permit the conferral of additional functions on a Category 1 responder although subsections (4) and (5) enable provision to be made as to the manner in which the responder should exercise its function.
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