National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2005

  • revoked
  • National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2005: revoked, on 1 December 2015, by clause 5 of the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2015 (LI 2015/140).
58 Exercise programmes

(1)

A national civil defence emergency management exercise programme is a means by which the operational capability of agencies, and CDEM Groups and their partners, such as life-line utilities, may be tested in relation to civil defence emergency management (details of the programme are set out in The Guide).

(2)

The national exercise programme—

(a)

is supplemented by regular agency and local exercises; and

(b)

seeks to exercise the operational arrangements within this plan, CDEM Group plans, and departmental emergency management plans so as to—

(i)

improve response at group and national levels; and

(ii)

assess the readiness of participants.