# The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005, Regulation 10: Role of Category 1 responder with lead responsibility

Extent: E+W+S

If, pursuant to regulation 9 or an analogous provision in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under Part 1, a general Category 1 responder has been identified as the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility for performing a relevant civil protection duty in a particular local resilience area, that general Category 1 responder must –
(a) take the lead responsibility in performing that duty in that local resilience area;
(b) consult the Category 1 responders which –
(i) have functions which are exercisable in that local resilience area, and
(ii) are non-lead Category 1 responders in relation to that duty,
in the course of performing the duty;
(c) ensure that those non-lead Category 1 responders are kept informed of how the Category 1 responder with the lead responsibility is performing the duty;
(d) co-operate with those non-lead Category 1 responders (and in particular, co-operate for the purpose of ensuring so far as is reasonably practicable that those Category 1 responders approve of the way in which the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility is performing the duty).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2042/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004-contingency-planning-regulations-2005/regulation-10
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