# The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Regulation 27: Arrangements to be maintained by Scottish Category 1 responder with lead responsibility

Extent: S

(1) The arrangements maintained under section 2(1)(g) by a Scottish Category 1 responder which is, pursuant to regulation 26 or any analogous provision of regulations made by the Minister of the Crown under Part 1, identified as the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility for warning the public and providing advice and information to the public in a particular co-ordination area if an emergency or an emergency of a particular kind is likely to occur or has occurred, must ensure so far as reasonably practicable that if such an emergency is likely to occur or occurs that Scottish Category 1 responder–
(a) is able to contact the other Scottish and general Category 1 responders which have functions which are exercisable in that co-ordination area and which are subject to a duty under section 2(1)(g) in relation to that emergency or an emergency of that particular kind;
(b) informs those Scottish and general Category 1 responders of the actions it is taking, and action that it proposes to take, to warn the public and to provide information and advice to the public;
(c) is able to collaborate with those responders in warning the public and providing information and advice to the public.
(2) Paragraph (1) also applies to a Scottish Category 1 responder which is likely to be identified as the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility for warning the public and providing advice and information to the public in a particular co-ordination area if an emergency or an emergency of a particular kind is likely to occur or has occurred by virtue of procedures adopted pursuant to regulation 26(2) and (3)(b) or (c).

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/494/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004-contingency-planning-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-27
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.