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The Civil Contingencies Act places a risk assessment duty on all Category 1 responders.

What the Civil Contingencies Act and the Regulations require

The Act places a risk assessment duty on all Category 1 responders.  The purpose of the duty is to:

  • (a) Ensure that Category 1 responders have an accurate and shared understanding of the risks that they face so that planning has a sound foundation and is proportionate to the risks;
  • (b) Provide a rational basis for the prioritisation of objectives and work programmes and the allocation of resources;
  • (c) Enable Category 1 responders to assess the adequacy of their plans and capabilities, highlight existing measures that are appropriate, and allow gaps to be identified;
  • (d) Facilitate joined up local planning, based on consistent planning assumptions;
  • (e) Enable Category 1 responders to provide an accessible overview of the emergency planning and business continuity planning context for the public and officials; and
  • (f) Inform and reflect regional and national risk assessments that support emergency planning and capability development at those levels. 

Last Updated: 19 February 2009

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