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20004 CHAPTER 36 An Act to make provision about civil contingencies.

by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Meaning of “emergency”
 * (1) In this Part “emergency” means—
 * (a) an event or situation which threatens serious damage to human welfare in a place in the United Kingdom,
 * (b) an event or situation which threatens serious damage to the environment of a place in the United Kingdom, or
 * (c) war, or terrorism, which threatens serious damage to the security of the United Kingdom.


 * (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) an event or situation threatens damage to human welfare only if it involves, causes or may cause—
 * (a) loss of human life,
 * (b) human illness or injury,
 * (c) homelessness,
 * (d) damage to property,
 * (e) disruption of a supply of money, food, water, energy or fuel,
 * (f) disruption of a system of communication,
 * (g) disruption of facilities for transport, or