{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004-contingency-planning-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004-contingency-planning-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-7.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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Role of Scottish Category 1 responder with lead responsibility",
  "text": "If, pursuant to regulation 6, a Scottish Category 1 responder has been identified as the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility in a particular co-ordination area for the performance of a particular duty under section 2(1)(a) to (f) in relation to an emergency or an emergency of a particular kind, that Scottish Category 1 responder must–\n(a) take the lead responsibility in performing that duty in that co-ordination area in relation to that emergency or an emergency of that particular kind;\n(b) consult the Scottish and general Category 1 responders which–\n(i) have functions which are exercisable in that co-ordination area, and\n(ii) are non-lead Category 1 responders in relation to that duty in so far as it applies to that emergency or an emergency of that particular kind,\nin the course of performing that duty;\n(c) ensure that those non lead Category 1 responders are kept informed of how the Scottish Category 1 responder with the lead responsibility is performing the duty; and\n(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 non-lead Category 1 responders approve of the way in which the Scottish Category 1 responder with lead responsibility is performing the duty).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/119), sch. 1 para. 27(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 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/7",
    "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."
}