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Civil Contingencies Act 2004

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Part 3U.K.Category 2 Responders: General

UtilitiesU.K.

19(1)A person holding a licence of a kind specified in sub-paragraph (2) and granted under section 6 of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29).U.K.

(2)Those licences are—

(a)a transmission licence,

(b)a distribution licence, and

(c)an interconnector licence.

(3)Expressions used in this paragraph and in the Electricity Act 1989 shall have the same meaning in this paragraph as in that Act.

20(1)A person holding a licence of a kind specified in sub-paragraph (2).U.K.

(2)Those licences are—

(a)a licence under section 7 of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44), and

(b)a licence under section 7ZA of that Act.

21U.K.A water undertaker or sewerage undertaker appointed under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56).

22(1)A person who provides a public electronic communications network which makes telephone services available (whether for spoken communication or for the transmission of data).U.K.

(2)In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)the reference to provision of a network shall be construed in accordance with section 32(4)(a) and (b) of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), and

(b)public electronic communications network” shall have the meaning given by sections 32(1) and 151(1) of that Act.

TransportU.K.

23U.K.A person who holds a licence under section 8 of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43) (operation of railway assets) in so far as the licence relates to activity in Great Britain.

[F124[F2(1)A person who provides services in connection with railways in Great Britain and who holds a European licence granted pursuant to—U.K.

(a)a provision contained in any instrument made for the purpose of implementing—

(i) Council Directive 1995/18/EC dated 19th June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings, or

(ii) Chapter III of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21st November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (recast), or

(b) any action taken by an EEA State for that purpose. ]

(2) In this paragraph, “ EEA State ” means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein. ]

25(1)Transport for London.U.K.

(2)London Underground Limited (being a subsidiary of Transport for London).

26U.K.An airport operator, within the meaning of section 82(1) of the Airports Act 1986 (c. 31), in Great Britain.

[F326AU.K.A person who, for the purposes of Part 1 of the Civil Aviation Act 2012, is an operator of an airport area that consists of or forms part of an airport in Great Britain.]

Textual Amendments

27U.K.A harbour authority, within the meaning of section 46(1) of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31), in Great Britain.

28[F4(1)]The Secretary of State, in so far as his functions relate to matters for which he is responsible by virtue of section 1 of the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66) (highway authorities).U.K.

[F5(2)A strategic highways company for the time being appointed under Part 1 of the Infrastructure Act 2015.]

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 1 para. 28 renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 28(1) (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 152(a); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

Health and safetyU.K.

29U.K.The Health and Safety Executive.

[F6Health]U.K.

Textual Amendments

F6Sch. 1 para. 29A and preceding cross-heading inserted (14.11.2005) by The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2043), art. 2(b)

[F729ZAU.K.A clinical commissioning group established under section 14D of the National Health Service Act 2006.]

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F8 29AU.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

[F9MiscellaneousU.K.

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 1 para. 29B and preceding cross-heading inserted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 81; S.I. 2014/251, art. 4

29BU.K.The Office for Nuclear Regulation.]

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