PART 3 Duty to assess risk of emergency occurring

Guidance and risk assessments issued by Scottish Ministers

11.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may issue to Scottish Category 1 responders (or any class of Scottish Category 1 responders) guidance as to–

(a) the likelihood of a particular emergency or an emergency of a particular kind occurring;

(b) the extent to which a particular emergency or an emergency of a particular kind would or might (if it occurred) cause damage to human welfare in a place in the Scotland, the environment of a place in Scotland or the security of the United Kingdom.

(2) The Scottish Ministers may issue to Scottish Category 1 responders (or any class of Scottish Category 1 responders) an assessment of the matters specified in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (1).

(3) In performing its duty under section 2(1)(a), a Scottish Category 1 responder must–

(a) take into account any guidance issued to it under paragraph (1); and

(b) adopt any assessment issued to it under paragraph (2).

(4) Any guidance issued under paragraph (1) or assessment issued under paragraph (2) must be in writing.