Paragraph 70 Soft Opening Period and security and emergency management

(1)

The Soft Opening Period may not begin unless—

(a)

construction of the authorised works in respect of which the site controller has submitted, or proposes to submit, a report under condition 69(c) (core capacity and features of ERC) is substantially complete;

(b)

the site controller has—

(i)

given notice to the Secretary of State of the date when the Soft Opening Period will begin, and

(ii)

submitted to the Secretary of State for approval a plan in accordance with sub-paragraph (2), and

(c)

the Secretary of State has endorsed that plan.

(2)

The plan must—

(a)

be in substantial accordance with reference document 20 (security and emergency management plan),

(b)

set out how the site controller will prepare for, respond to, mitigate, and recover from natural, technological, or man-made hazards, incidents and emergencies, and

(c)

include an OS plan showing the locations of—

(i)

the access points to be used in an emergency;

(ii)

the boundaries of—

(aa)

the ticketed area, in accordance with any endorsed ticketed area plan, and

(bb)

the part of the Core Zone outside the ticketed area that visitors are only permitted to enter after passing through security screening,

and the points where visitors may enter and leave them.