| UK Civil Contingencies Bill published
“The bill, and accompanying non-legislative measures, will deliver a single framework for civil protection in the United Kingdom designed to meet the challenges of the 21st century. It will improve the UK's ability to deal with the consequences of major disruptive incidents by improving the planning process at a local level, building better contacts between agencies and improving the link between local areas and central government. The bill clearly identifies the roles and responsibilities of local responders, ensuring consistency in civil protection activity and enhancing performance. By setting out clear expectations and responsibilities, the bill will help ensure that the front line can deal with the full range of emergencies from localised major incidents through to catastrophic emergencies. The bill will also modernise the legislative tools available to government to deal with the most serious emergencies, providing greater flexibility, proportionality, deployability and robustness.” The Government has also publishing the response to the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee that carried out pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft bill, and a report on the results of the public consultation exercise. The original consultation material including the draft Bill can be found here. The full text of the final bill can be viewed here. Continuity Central will provide a full report on the implication of the Civil Contingencies Bill for the business continuity industry ASAP.
•Date:
8th January 2004 •Region: UK •Type:
Article •Topic:
Emergency planning |
