# The Public Information for Radiation Emergencies Regulations 1992, Regulation 4: Arrangements for the supply of information to members of the public actually affected


(1) It shall be the duty of a first tier local authority to prepare and keep up to date arrangements to supply, in the event of a radiation emergency, information of and advice on the facts of the emergency, of the steps to be taken and, as appropriate, of the health protection measures applicable.
(2) The arrangements prepared and kept up to date under paragraph (1) above shall provide for the information to be supplied at regular intervals in an appropriate manner, without delay, and without their having to request it, to members of the public who are in that local authority’s area and who are actually affected by the radiation emergency.
(3) In preparing those arrangements, and keeping them up to date, the first tier local authority shall consult any authority likely to be responsible for implementing the relevant measures referred to in Schedule 3 to these Regulations and such other persons as appear to it to be appropriate.
(4) The information and advice to be supplied in accordance with arrangements prepared and kept up to date under paragraph (1) above shall, if relevant to the type of radiation emergency, include that specified in Schedule 3 to these Regulations and shall in any event, mention the authority or authorities responsible for implementing the relevant measures referred to in that Schedule.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above, the members of the public referred to in that paragraph as actually affected are those whose co-operation is sought to put into effect any steps or health protection measures referred to in paragraph (1) above.
(6) It shall be sufficient compliance with paragraph (1) above if a first tier local authority prepares the required arrangements within six months of the coming into force of these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2997/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-information-for-radiation-emergencies-regulations-1992/regulation-4
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