Regulation 9 Preparedness and response planning

(1)

The UK authorities must consult each other with a view to coordinating their efforts to develop, strengthen and maintain their respective capacities for monitoring, early warning and assessment of, and response to, serious cross-border health threats (“preparedness and response planning”).

(2)

Any consultation under paragraph (1) must aim to—

(a)

enable the sharing of best practice and experience in preparedness and response planning;

(b)

promote the interoperability of preparedness and response planning across the United Kingdom;

(c)

address the intersectoral dimension of preparedness and response planning across the United Kingdom; and

(d)

support the implementation of core capacity requirements for surveillance and response as referred to in Articles 5 and 13 of the IHR.

(3)

Where a relevant Minister or a UK public health agency is substantially revising preparedness and response planning within the part of the United Kingdom for which it is responsible, it must inform the other UK authorities in a timely manner of the main aspects of their revisions that are relevant to the objectives referred to in paragraph (1).