# The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005, Regulation 11: Role of Category 1 responders which do not have lead responsibility

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Paragraph (2) applies if a Category 1 responder has been identified as the responder with lead responsibility in a local resilience area for the performance of a relevant civil protection duty pursuant to regulation 9 or an analogous provision in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under Part 1.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, a general Category 1 responder which has functions which are exercisable in that local resilience area and which are non-lead Category 1 responders in relation to that duty –
(a) must co-operate with the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility for performing that duty in connection with the performance of that duty by the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility;
(b) must provide any information to the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility for performing that duty which it considers will assist that responder in performing that duty (unless the information is sensitive information);
(c) must assist the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility for performing that duty with any exercises or training that that Category 1 responder wishes to carry out in connection with that duty;
(d) need not perform that duty to the extent that to do so would unnecessarily duplicate the performance of that duty by the Category 1 responder which has lead responsibility for performing that duty in that local resilience area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2042/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004-contingency-planning-regulations-2005/regulation-11
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