Regulation 11 Coordination of response
Following the notification of an alert under regulation 10(1) or a notification from the UK focal point under regulation 13(2), the UK authorities must, where requested by a relevant Minister or a UK public health agency, consult each other with a view to—
coordinating efforts to make appropriate responses within the United Kingdom to any serious cross-border health threat;
developing the nature of the response by the Secretary of State to the serious cross-border health threat—
for the purposes of regulation 13; or
where there is an event which may constitute a public health emergency of international concern under the IHR;
developing appropriate risk and crisis communication, to be adapted to the needs and circumstances of the relevant part of the United Kingdom, aimed at providing consistent and coordinated information to the public and to healthcare professionals.
Where the UK authorities consult each other under paragraph (1), they must do so on the basis of the available information, including the information referred to in regulation 10(3) and (4) and any risk assessment referred to in regulation 10(5), and in accordance with the Communications Protocol.
Where a relevant Minister or a UK public health agency intends to adopt in the part of the United Kingdom for which it is responsible public health measures to combat a serious cross-border health threat, it must, before adopting those measures, inform and consult the other UK authorities on the nature, purpose and scope of the measures, unless the need to protect public health is so urgent that the immediate adoption of the measures is necessary.
Where a relevant Minister or a UK public health agency adopts as a matter of urgency public health measures in the part of the United Kingdom for which it is responsible in response to a serious cross-border health threat, it must, immediately upon adoption, inform the other UK authorities of the nature, purpose and scope of those measures.