Regulation 13 Emergency plans

Where the assessment made in accordance with regulation 7(1) shows that as a result of any reasonably foreseeable accident the health or safety of persons outside the premises in which an activity involving genetic modification is carried on is liable to be affected or there is a risk of damage to the environment, the person undertaking the activity shall ensure that a suitable emergency plan is prepared with a view to securing the health and safety of those persons and the protection of the environment.

The person preparing the plan shall consult such persons, bodies and authorities as are appropriate and shall inform the emergency services in writing of the plan and of the hazards to which the plan relates.

The person undertaking the activity involving genetic modification which is the subject of the emergency plan shall take appropriate measures to inform persons who are liable to be affected by an accident of the safety measures and the correct behaviour to adopt in the event of an accident.

The information required to be given in pursuance of paragraph (3) shall be repeated and brought up to date at appropriate intervals and shall be made publicly available.