Emergency Planning & The Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 Nick Willasey Emergency Planning Officer Liverpool City Council IOSH Merseyside Branch 1st March 2005

Government Arrangements Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat Specific Civil Defence Grant Civil Defence Act, 1948 Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) Regulations, 1993 Civil Contingencies Act, 2004

Kings Cross Underground Fire MV Braer Manchester IRA Bomb Chernobyl Canary Wharf River Thames - Marchioness Herald of Free Enterprise Clapham Rail Crash Sea Empress Oil Spill Lockerbie

Schipol Air Crash Selby Rail Crash Towyn Floods Piper Alpha Dunblane Winter Storms 1987/1997 Grand National 1997 Paddington & Hatfield Rail Crashes The 4 ‘F words …’

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 Introduced as a Bill on 7th January 2004 Royal Assent - 18th November 2004 Regulations & Guidance - March 2005 Implementation - May 2005 CPA starts - October 2005

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 Part 1 Local arrangements for civil protection Part 2 Emergency Powers Legislation

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 A new definition of ‘emergency’ which must: threaten serious damage to human welfare threaten serious damage to the environment war or terrorism which threatens serious damage to security

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 For humans, an event or situation must involve only: –loss of human life –human illness or injury –homelessness –damage to property –disruption of a supply of money, food, water, energy or fuel –disruption of a system of communication –disruption of facilities for transport –disruption of services relating to health

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 For the environment, an event or situation must involve only: –contamination of land, water or air with biological, chemical or radio-active matter, or –disruption or destruction of plant life or animal life

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 CATEGORY 1 RESPONDERS Fire & Rescue Service Police Local Authorities Ambulance Trusts Hospital Trusts (A+E) NHS Foundation Trusts Primary Care Trusts Health Protection Agency Port Health Authorities Environment Agency Maritime & Coastguard Agency

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 CATEGORY 2 RESPONDERS Electricity Utilities Gas Utilities Water and Sewerage Utilities Telephone providers Network Rail Train Operating Companies Airport Authorities Harbour and Port Authorities Highways Agency HSE

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 Category 1 Responders will have new statutory duties and powers to jointly or individually: –Risk Assessment - ‘Community Risk Register’ –Emergency Planning –Informing & warning –Business Continuity Planning –Co-operation & Information sharing

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 Category 2 Responders will have lesser duties: –Co-operation & Information sharing between themselves and with Category 1 Responders

The Civil Contingencies Act will require Category 1 Responders to prevent, warn of, mitigate effects of and recover from: Major transport accidents Abnormal weather conditions - storms, flooding Chemical incidents - toxic plumes Disruption of essential services - Fires, Accidents, Fuel Shortages Hazardous substances washed ashore - incl. oil

Aircraft crashes Radiation incidents Major sporting events - evacuations Dangerous structures Acts of terrorism Health risks - infectious diseases, pandemics

Types of emergency LOCAL EMERGENCY WITH NOTICE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH NOTICE LOCAL EMERGECNY WITHOUT NOTICE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITHOUT NOTICE

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 Part 2 - Emergency Powers –Infrequent use –Regional emergencies catered for –‘Losing’ the Sovereign –‘Triple lock’ assurance threat to human welfare, environment or security existing legislation insufficient or not quickly available proposed emergency powers must be proportionate

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 Part 2 - Emergency Powers –In addition, emergency regulations cannot: prohibit strikes or industrial action instigate military conscription alter any aspect of criminal proceedings be used to create new offences must be ‘EU proof’ are open to challenge in the courts

Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 North West Regional Planning –GONW Regional Resilience Team (RRT) –GONW Regional Resilience Forum (RRF) –5x Local Resilience Forums (LRFs) –County based LRF Sub groups

HM Government Civil Contingencies Secretariat Emergency Planning Liaison Flowchart KEY: Operational Response Day to Day Liaison Regional Resilience Central Government Local Resilience Regional Resilience Forum Government Office North West Regional Resilience Team Business Working Group Local Resilience Forum LA Crisis Management PLANS Regional Civil Contingencies Committee COBRA Sub Groups L.A.’s / Blue Light Services Plans GOLD Command