Part IX Miscellaneous and General
Miscellaneous local government provisions
156 Contingency planning and co-ordination in respect of emergencies ordisasters.
1
In section 138 of the M1Local Government Act 1972 (powers of principal councils with respect to emergencies or disasters) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
1A
If a principal council are of the opinion that it is appropriate to undertake contingency planning to deal with a possible emergency or disaster which, if it occurred,—
a
would involve destruction of or danger to life or property, and
b
would be likely to affect the whole or part of their area,
they may incur such expenditure as they consider necessary on that planning (whether relating to a specific kind of such possible emergency or disaster or generally in relation to possible emergencies or disasters falling within paragraphs (a) and (b) above).
2
In subsection (3) of that section—
a
for the words from the beginning to “authorise” there shall be substituted “
Nothing in this section authorises
”
; and
b
for the words “the power conferred by that subsection is” there shall be substituted “
the powers conferred by subsections (1) and (1A) above are
”
.
3
At the end of the section there shall be added the following subsections—
5
With the consent of the Secretary of State, a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority and the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority may incur expenditure in co-ordinating planning by principal councils in connection with their functions under subsection (1) above.
6
In this section “contingency planning” means the making, keeping under review and revising of plans and the carrying out of training associated with the plans.