Non-metropolitan counties: civil defence functions of district councils

5.  It shall be in each non-metropolitan county the function of the council of every district in the county, for civil defence purposes—

(a) at the request of the council of that county to furnish such information, on such matters, as may be specified in the request;

(b) at the request either of the designated Minister or of the council of that county, to assist the council of that county in—

(i) the making and revising of plans under regulation 4(1)(a) above;

(ii) the taking of preparatory steps to ensure that plans made under regulation 4(1)(a) above can be carried out; and

(iii) the carrying out of any of those plans;

(c) to arrange for the training of an appropriate number of suitable members of their staff for the purpose of discharging the functions conferred by this regulation, and to make available to the council of that county, for the purpose of training, those members of their staff for whom training is arranged under regulation 4(1)(b) above.