The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) (Scotland) Order 2021

Made: 16th March 2021

Coming into force: 17th March 2021

In accordance with section 14(2) of that Act they have consulted a Minister of the Crown before making this Order.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) (Scotland) Order 2021 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004

2

In Part 2 of schedule 1 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Category 1 Responders: Scotland), after paragraph 17 insert—

(17A) An integration authority within the meaning of section 59 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014[^f00003].

Signed

JEANE FREEMAN — A member of the Scottish Government — 16th March 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (“the Act”) by adding an integration authority to the list of Category 1 responders for Scotland in Part 2 of schedule 1 of the Act. This means that an integration authority is subject to the duties imposed by Part 1 of the Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2004 c.36.

[^f00002]: Section 17(3) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

[^f00003]: 2014 asp 9.