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The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/2043 · Made 22 July 2005

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CIVIL CONTINGENCIES

Made 22nd July 2005

Coming into force 14th November 2005

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 17(2) of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004f1 (“the Act”);

Now therefore, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(1)(a) of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2004 c. 36.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2005 and comes into force on 14th November 2005.

2Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004

In Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 –

(a)

in Part 1 (Category 1 responders: general), for paragraph 9(1) (the Health Protection Agency), substitute –

  • “The Health Protection Agency established by section 1 of the Health Protection Agency Act 2004f1 in so far as its functions relate to Great Britain”; and

(b)

in Part 3 (Category 2 responders: general), after paragraph 29 insert –

“Health

29A

A Strategic Health Authority established under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977f2.”.

Signature

Jim Murphy

Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

22nd July 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (which lists Category 1 and Category 2 responders for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act). The Order provides that the Health Protection Agency is a Category 1 responder only in so far as its functions relate to Great Britain. It also amends Schedule 1 so as to provide that Strategic Health Authorities are Category 2 responders.

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