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PART 3
Local Authorities
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Civil defence plans.
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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.
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(2) A civil defence plan shall—
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(a) specify the key objectives and related strategies (including the use of resources) of a local authority with regard to—
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(i) its functions relating to civil defence,
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(ii) the recruitment of persons for the performance of civil defence tasks, and
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(iii) the education and training of civil defence members,
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(b) be prepared in the form and manner that the Board may determine,
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(c) have regard to the need to ensure the most beneficial, effective and efficient use of resources, and
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(d) include any other matters that the Board may from time to time specify.
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(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.
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