Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st November 2013.

Amendment of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

2.-(1) The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1)-

(a)for paragraphs (a) to (h) of the definition of "co-ordination area" substitute-

"(a)Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, Dumbarton and Clydebank, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire;

(b)City of Edinburgh, Clackmannan, East Lothian, Falkirk, Fife, Midlothian, Stirling, The Borders and West Lothian; or

(c)Aberdeenshire, Angus, City of Aberdeen, City of Dundee, Highland, Moray, Orkney Islands, Perthshire and Kinross, Shetland Islands and Western Isles;";

(b)after the definition of "non-lead Category 1 responders" insert-

""Regional Resilience Partnership" has the meaning given by regulation 3(3);"; and

(c)omit the definition of "Strategic Co-ordinating Group".

(3) For each reference to "Strategic Co-ordinating Group" in the Regulations substitute "Regional Resilience Partnership".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide for Strategic Co-ordinating Groups to be re-named Regional Resilience Partnerships, and the agglomeration of the co-ordination areas from eight to three, by amendment of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 ("the 2005 Regulations").

Regulation 2(2)(a) amends the definition of "co-ordination area" in the 2005 Regulations so that there are three co-ordination areas comprising the areas mentioned there.

Regulation 2(2)(b), (2)(c) and (3) amend the 2005 Regulations to remove the definition of "Strategic Co-ordinating Group", insert a new term of "Regional Resilience Partnership" and replace all references in the 2005 Regulations to Strategic Co-ordinating Group with Regional Resilience Partnership.