Paragraph 14 The Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 1993

The Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 1993^f1 shall be amended as follows.

For regulation 2, there shall be substituted the following regulation:—

“Interpretation

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In these Regulations, “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.”.

For regulation 4, there shall be substituted the following regulation:—

“Civil defence functions of local authorities

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(1)

It shall be the function of every local authority, for civil defence purposes—

(a)

to make, keep under review and revise plans for their area and to carry out exercises based on such plans;

(b)

to arrange for the training—

(i)

of an appropriate number of suitable members of their own staff;

(ii)

of such other persons as they consider necessary,

for the purposes of carrying out plans made under sub-paragraph (a) above and discharging the other functions conferred by this regulation; and

(c)

at the request of the designated Minister, or where the local authority considers it appropriate—

(i)

to take such preparatory steps as may be necessary to ensure that plans made under sub-paragraph (a) above can be carried out; and

(ii)

to carry out any of those plans.

(2)

When making or revising plans under paragraph (1)(a) above a local authority shall consult with any local authority whose area may be affected by such plans.”

Regulation 5 shall be omitted.