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Transitory provisions

47.—(1) The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005(1) 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(2) by section 179 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012(3) 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.