The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018

Transitory provisions E+W

47.—(1) The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005 M1 have effect until immediately before the first regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 2 or 4 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (as amended by this Order) come into force for any purpose, with the following modifications—

(a) regulation 3 (interpretation) is to be read as if—

(i) in the definition of “Category 1 responder”, for “Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1” there were substituted “ Part 1, 2 or 2A of Schedule 1 ”;

(ii) in the definition of “general Category 1 responder” for “Part 1 of Schedule 1” there were substituted “ Part 1 or 2A of Schedule 1 ”;

(iii) in the definition of “general Category 2 responder”, at the end of paragraph (a), there were inserted “or paragraph 39 of Part 5 of that Schedule”;

(b) regulation 36 (interpretation of Part 7) is to be read as if in paragraph (a) for “paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 1” there were substituted “ paragraph 1 or 18A of Schedule 1 ”.

(2) Until the repeal of section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 M2 by section 179 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 M3 comes into force, Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 has effect as if paragraph 5 were not omitted but instead read as if—

(a) the words “or section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006” were omitted;

(b) the word “or” were inserted at the end of sub-paragraph (a); and

(c) sub-paragraph (c) (and the “or” preceding it) were omitted.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2005/2042.

M2 2006 c. 41.

M3 2012 c. 7.