Regulation 4 Civil defence functions of county councils

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 4(3) inserted by Local Government Changes for England (Miscellaneous Provision) 1996 reg. 3(3)
reg. 4(3) words substituted by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) 2004 art. 30(a)
reg. 4(3)(a) words substituted by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) 2004 art. 30(b)

(1)

It shall be in each non-metropolitan county the function of the county council, for civil defence purposes—

(a)

to make, keep under review and revise plans for their area and to carry out exercises based on such plans;

(b)

to arrange for the training—

(i)

of an appropriate number of suitable members of their own staff and of the staff of the council of every district in the county, and

(ii)

of such other persons as they consider necessary,

for the purposes of carrying out plans made under sub-paragraph (a) above and discharging the other functions conferred by this regulation;

(c)

at the request of the designated Minister, or where the county council consider it appropriate—

(i)

to take such preparatory steps as may be necessary to ensure that plans made under sub-paragraph (a) above can be carried out;

(ii)

to carry out any of those plans.

(2)

When making or revising plans under paragraph (1)(a) above, a county council shall consult with any county council, district council or council of a London borough whose area may be affected by such plans and with the council of the City of London where its area may be so affected.