The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Identification of Category 1 responder with lead responsibility

6.—(1) If more than one Category 1 responder which has functions which are exercisable in a particular police area is subject to a particular duty under section 2(1)(a) to (f) in relation to an emergency or an emergency of a particular kind, paragraph (2) applies.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the Scottish Category 1 responders referred to in paragraph (1) may co-operate with each other and general Category 1 responders referred to in paragraph (1) for the purpose of identifying which of them will be the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility for performing that duty in relation to that emergency or an emergency of that particular kind in that police area.

(3) If, pursuant to paragraph (2) and analogous provision in regulations made by a Minister of the Crown under Part 1, one of the Scottish or general Category 1 responders referred to in paragraph (1) is identified as being the Category 1 responder with lead responsibility for performing a duty under section 2(1)(a) to (f) in relation to an emergency or an emergency of a particular kind in a particular police area, the other Category 1 responders in that police area which are subject to that duty in relation to that emergency or an emergency of that particular kind are referred to in these regulations as “non-lead Category 1 responders”.