PART 3

Local Authorities

Civil defence plans.

31. —(1) No later than 12 months after the establishment day, each local authority shall prepare and submit to the Board a civil defence plan.

(2) A civil defence plan shall—

(a) specify the key objectives and related strategies (including the use of resources) of a local authority with regard to—

(i) its functions relating to civil defence,

(ii) the recruitment of persons for the performance of civil defence tasks, and

(iii) the education and training of civil defence members,

(b) be prepared in the form and manner that the Board may determine,

(c) have regard to the need to ensure the most beneficial, effective and efficient use of resources, and

(d) include any other matters that the Board may from time to time specify.

(3) Each local authority shall review and, if necessary, update its civil defence plan not later than 3 years after the date of the first plan and at least once in every 3 years after that.

Grants paid by Board to local authorities for civil defence purposes.

32. —(1) The Board may, from time to time, pay to each local authority a grant of an amount that the Board may determine for the purpose of expenditure by the local authority in performing its functions relating to civil defence.

(2) A grant paid to a local authority under this section shall not be used by the local authority for any purpose other than that specified in subsection (1).

(3) In making a grant to a local authority under this section, the Board shall have regard to—

(a) its strategic plan,

(b) the civil defence plan of the local authority, in particular its plans for expenditure,

(c) the annual report of the local authority under section 221 of the Act of 2001,

(d) the implications for resources, including financial resources available to the Board, and

(e) any other matters that the Board considers appropriate.

Annual report of local authority.

33. —In its annual report under section 221 of the Act of 2001, each local authority shall include, having regard to its civil defence plan and its functions relating to civil defence—

(a) information on the performance of those functions during the period of the report,

(b) details of the expenditure incurred by the local authority in performing those functions, and

(c) details of gifts relating to civil defence accepted by the local authority during the reporting period.