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.