# The Health Security (EU Exit) Regulations 2021, 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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348224375/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-security-eu-exit-regulations-2021/regulation-9
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