1. These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st November 2013.
2.—(1) The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1)—
(a)for paragraphs (a) to (h) of the definition of “co-ordination area” substitute—
“(a)Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, Dumbarton and Clydebank, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire;
(b)City of Edinburgh, Clackmannan, East Lothian, Falkirk, Fife, Midlothian, Stirling, The Borders and West Lothian; or
(c)Aberdeenshire, Angus, City of Aberdeen, City of Dundee, Highland, Moray, Orkney Islands, Perthshire and Kinross, Shetland Islands and Western Isles;”;
(b)after the definition of “non-lead Category 1 responders” insert—
““Regional Resilience Partnership” has the meaning given by regulation 3(3);”; and
(c)omit the definition of “Strategic Co-ordinating Group”.
(3) For each reference to “Strategic Co-ordinating Group” in the Regulations substitute “Regional Resilience Partnership”.
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
22nd August 2013