{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/36",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Contingencies Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Consultation with devolved administrations",
  "text": "(1) Emergency regulations which relate wholly or partly to Scotland may not be made unless a senior Minister of the Crown has consulted the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) Emergency regulations which relate wholly or partly to Northern Ireland may not be made unless a senior Minister of the Crown has consulted the First Minister and deputy First Minister.\n(3) Emergency regulations which relate wholly or partly to Wales may not be made unless a senior Minister of the Crown has consulted the National Assembly for Wales.\n(4) But—\n(a) a senior Minister of the Crown may disapply a requirement to consult if he thinks it necessary by reason of urgency, and\n(b) a failure to satisfy a requirement to consult shall not affect the validity of regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/36/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:42.679498+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."
}