PART 7Advice and assistance to business and voluntary organisations
Co-operation, relevant responder with lead responsibility etc.I135
1
Relevant responders which have functions which are exercisable in a particular F1co-ordination area must co operate with each other in connection with the performance of their duties under section 4(1).
2
The other responders which have functions which are exercisable in that F1co-ordination area must co operate with those relevant responder in connection with the performance by that relevant responder of its duties under section 4(1).
3
A relevant responder may–
a
perform its duty under section 4(1) jointly with another responder; or
b
make arrangements with another responder for that responder to perform such a duty on behalf of the relevant responder.
4
Regulations 6, 7 and 8 apply to relevant responders for the purpose of performing the duty under section 4(1) as if–
a
each reference to a Category 1 responder or a general Category 1 responder were a reference to a relevant responder; and
b
each reference to a duty under section 2(1)(a) to (f) were a reference to the duty under section 4(1) in relation to an emergency or an emergency of a particular kind.