{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004-contingency-planning-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004-contingency-planning-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-29.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/494",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004-contingency-planning-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Advice etc. provided by other responders and other bodies",
  "text": "(1) In performing its duty under section 2(1)(g), Scottish Category 1 responders–\n(a) must have regard to the arrangements maintained by each of the following persons to warn the public, and to provide information and advice to the public, if an emergency is likely to occur or has occurred–\n(i) other Category 1 responders;\n(ii) Category 2 responders;\n(iii) the Meteorological Office;\n(iv) Scottish Ministers;\n(v) the Secretary of State;\n(vi) the Food Standards Scotland; and\n(b) need not maintain arrangements to warn the public, and to provide information and advice to the public which would unnecessarily duplicate the warning, information and advice provided by those persons under those arrangements.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), it is immaterial whether the person specified in paragraph (1)(a) maintains the arrangements by virtue of section 2(1)(g), a duty under another enactment or otherwise.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 29(1)(vi) substituted (1.4.2015) by The Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/100), arts. 1(2), 2, sch. para. 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 29 in force at 14.11.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/494/regulation/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:23:54.789088+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}