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Civil Contingencies Act 2004

Section 25: Establishment of Tribunal

56.Subsection (1) provides that emergency regulations which establish a tribunal may not be made unless a senior Minister of the Crown has consulted the Council on Tribunals. Subsection (2) makes provision for urgent cases or where the Council has consented to the establishment of the Tribunal. Subsection (3) requires the Council to make a report to the Minister and provides that such regulations may not be made before the report is received. Subsection (4) provides that regulations may be made before the report from the Council has been received in urgent cases. Subsection (5) requires the Minister to lay a copy of the Council’s report before Parliament, together with a statement explaining the extent to which the regulations have given effect to the recommendations of the Council and why any departure from any recommendation in the report has been made.

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