The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005

Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

54.—(1) Sections 28(2) and (7) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974(1) (restrictions on disclosure of information) do not apply to the disclosure of information by the Health and Safety Executive to another responder if the disclosure is made –

(a) in connection with the performance by that other responder of a duty under –

(i) section 2 or 4;

(ii) a provision of these Regulations; or

(iii) a provision in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under Part 1;

(b) in connection with another function of that responder which relates to emergencies; or

(c) in connection with a function of the Health and Safety Executive which relates to emergencies.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), it is immaterial whether the disclosure is made pursuant to a request made under regulation 47.

(3) In paragraph (1), the reference to the Health and Safety Executive includes a reference to an officer of the Executive.

(1)

1974 c. 37; amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15; the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), Schedule 14; the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43), Schedule 3; the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4), Schedule 6; the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40), Schedule 13; the Water Act 1989 (c. 15), Schedule 25; the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 22; the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), Schedule 29; the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), section 105; S.I. 2004/1822; and S.I. 2004/3363.