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14.—(1) A local authority which has prepared an external emergency plan must at suitable intervals not exceeding three years—
(a)review and, where necessary, revise the plan; and
(b)test the plan.
(2) Where regulation 13(5) applies, the local authority must first comply with paragraph (1) before the expiry of three years after the off-site emergency plan was prepared or last reviewed under the 1999 Regulations.
(3) In carrying out a review of an external emergency plan, the local authority must take into account—
(a)any changes, at the establishment, within the designated authorities concerned or, if the establishment is situated in England, the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health;
(b)any relevant new technical knowledge; and
(c)any relevant new knowledge concerning the response to major accidents.
(4) Where a local authority is of the opinion that an external emergency plan requires substantial revision, it must consult the persons referred to in regulation 13(7) before making those revisions.
(5) Where a local authority is of the opinion that in order to test adequately an external emergency plan the co-operation of one or more designated authorities is necessary, it may in writing request such co-operation from those authorities.
(6) Where a designated authority has received a request in accordance with paragraph (5), it must co-operate in the testing of the external emergency plan.
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