Paragraph 8

(1)

Article 10 (establishment of risk-preparedness plans) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1—

(a)

omit “regional and national”;

(b)

for “Articles 6 and” substitute “Article”;

(c)

for “competent authority of each Member State shall” substitute “Secretary of State must”;

(d)

for “competent authority”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”;

(e)

after “transmission system”, for “operators” substitute “operator”;

(f)

omit “where it is not the competent authority”.

(3)

In paragraph 2—

(a)

in the first sentence—

(i)

omit “national”;

(ii)

omit “, regional and, where applicable, bilateral measures”

(iii)

for “Articles 11 and 12” substitute “Article 11”;

(b)

omit the second sentence.

(4)

In paragraph 3—

(a)

in the first sentence, for “Articles 11 and 12” substitute “Article 11”;

(b)

in the second sentence, for “Member States” substitute “the Secretary of State”.

(5)

Omit paragraphs 4, 5 and 6.

(6)

In paragraph 7—

(a)

in the first sentence—

(i)

for “competent authorities and the Commission shall” substitute “Secretary of State must”;

(ii)

for “plans on their websites” substitute “plan”;

(b)

omit the second sentence.

(7)

For paragraph 8 substitute—

“8.

The Secretary of State must adopt and publish the first risk-preparedness plan on or before 5 January 2022. The Secretary of State must update the risk-preparedness plan every four years, unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates.”.