The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2005

Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 17(2) of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2005 No.

CIVIL CONTINGENCIES

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2005

Made

2005

Coming into force

14th November 2005

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 17(2) of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004(1) (“the Act”);

Now therefore, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(1)(a) of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2005 and comes into force on 14th November 2005.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004

2.  In Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 –

(a) in Part 1 (Category 1 responders: general), for paragraph 9(1) (the Health Protection Agency), substitute –

• “The Health Protection Agency established by section 1 of the Health Protection Agency Act 2004(2) in so far as its functions relate to Great Britain”; and

  (b)

  in Part 3 (Category 2 responders: general), after paragraph 29 insert –

  “Health

  29A   A Strategic Health Authority established under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977(3).”.

Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (which lists Category 1 and Category 2 responders for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act). The Order provides that the Health Protection Agency is a Category 1 responder only in so far its functions relate to Great Britain. It also amends Schedule 1 so as to provide that Strategic Health Authorities are Category 2 responders.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.

(1)

2004 c. 36.

(2)

2004 c. 17.

(3)

1977 c. 49; substituted by section 1 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17).