PART 4EMERGENCY PLANS FOR UPPER TIER ESTABLISHMENTS
Preparation of external emergency plans13
1
Subject to regulation 15, a local authority in whose administrative area an upper tier establishment is situated must prepare an external emergency plan specifying the measures to be taken outside the establishment.
2
An external emergency plan must be prepared by the local authority no later than six months (or such longer period not exceeding nine months agreed by the competent authority in writing) after the receipt of the necessary information from the operator.
3
The operator must provide the local authority with the information necessary to enable it to prepare an external emergency plan.
4
The information in paragraph (3) must be provided to the relevant local authority before the date on which the internal emergency plan is required to be prepared for the establishment under regulation 12(2).
5
Despite paragraph (1), the local authority is not required to prepare an external emergency plan if—
a
the off-site emergency plan prepared under regulation 10 of the 1999 Regulations, immediately before 1st June 2015, remains materially unchanged; and
b
it complies with the requirements of regulation 11 of these Regulations and this regulation,
in which case it is to be treated as an external emergency plan prepared under this regulation.
6
An external emergency plan must contain the information specified in Part 2 of Schedule 4.
7
In preparing an external emergency plan the local authority must consult—
a
the operator;
b
the appropriate agency;
c
the designated authorities who are liable to be required to respond to an emergency at the establishment;
d
if the establishment is situated in England, the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health; and
e
such members of the public and other persons as it considers appropriate.