Civil Contingencies Act 2004

  1. Introduction

  2. Summary and Background

    1. Part 1: local arrangements for civil protection

    2. Part 2: emergency powers

  3. Overview

  4. Territorial Application: Wales

  5. Commentary on Sections

    1. Section 1: Meaning of “emergency

    2. Section 2: Duty to assess, plan and advise

    3. Section 3: Section 2: supplemental

    4. Section 4: Advice and assistance to the public

    5. Section 5: General measures

    6. Section 6: Disclosure of information

    7. Section 7: Urgency

    8. Section 8: Urgency: Scotland

    9. Section 9: Monitoring by Government

    10. Section 10: Enforcement

    11. Section 11: Enforcement: Scotland

    12. Section 12: Provision of information

    13. Section 13: Amendment of lists of responders

    14. Section 14: Scotland: consultation

    15. Section 15: Scotland: cross-border collaboration

    16. Section 16: National Assembly for Wales

    17. Section 17: Regulations and orders

    18. Section 19: Meaning of “emergency”

    19. Section 20: Power to make emergency regulations

    20. Section 21: conditions for making emergency regulations

    21. Section 22: Scope of emergency regulations

    22. Section 23: Limitations of emergency regulations

    23. Section 24: Regional and Emergency Coordinators

    24. Section 25: Establishment of Tribunal

    25. Section 26: Duration

    26. Section 27: Parliamentary scrutiny

    27. Section 28: Parliamentary scrutiny: prorogation and adjournment

    28. Section 29: Consultation with the devolved administrations

    29. Section 32 and Schedules 2 and 3: Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

  6. Commencement

  7. Hansard References