Analysis of Law in the United Kingdom pertaining to Cross-Border Disaster Relief Prepared by: For the 30 June 2010 Foreword
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414 ibid s 108(1). 415 ibid s 108(2). 416 According to Section 17, the Act applies to England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, with some exceptions. The text of the draft is available at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200910/ldbills/003/10003.i-ii.html. 417 s 1 and 2 of the Draft Bribery Bill; please also refer to the discussion of ‘public authorities’ above in relation to the HRA. 418 HL Deb, 9 December 2009, col 1085, 1088. 419 Bribery Bill, s 6. 420 ibid s 7. 421 ibid s 7(5). 422 Available at: http://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNCAC/Publications/Convention/08-50026_E.pdf. 423 The Convention was given affect to in Scotland by The Criminal Justice (International Co-Operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Scotland) Order 2005 SSI No 2005/581, and in Northern Ireland by The Criminal Justice (International Co-Operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeture Orders) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 SR No 2005/3179. 424 Available at: http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/treaties/html/173.htm. 425 The UK’s obligations are to a large extent met by The Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 (n Error: Reference source not found). For more information, please see: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/publications-and-documents/treaty-command-papers-ems/explanatory-memoranda/explanatory-memoranda-2003/coecrimlaw. 426 Fraud Act 2006 s 1. According to the Explanatory Notes, the Act extends to England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not to Scotland, except for Section 10(1) which relates to a now repealed schedule of the Companies Act 1985. Scottish law on fraud is derived from the common law. 427 ibid ss 1(3) and 11(3). 428 ibid Schedule 1. 429 s 1. 430 Bribery Bill 2009, s 7(4)(h). 431 Draft Bribery Bill (n Error: Reference source not found) s 3. 432 ibid Schedule 1. 433 Capital Counties plc v Hampshire County Council [1997] QB 1004. 434 For a full listing of these instruments, please see the website of the Health and Safety Executive at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/statinstruments.htm. 435 ‘Emergency Response and Recovery’ (n Error: Reference source not found) s 3.2.6, p 28. 436 ‘Emergency Response and Recovery’ (n Error: Reference source not found) s 3.2, p 27. Fire and Rescue services co-ordinate the response for major fire. 437 Article 1(c). 438 The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 (Commencement No.1) Order 2009 SI No 2892. 439 This offence came into force on 10 February 2003 by s 143 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. 440 Section 25(5) applies the offence to: (1) a British citizen; (2) a British Overseas Territories citizen; (3) a British National who is overseas; (4) a British Overseas citizen; (5) a person who is British under the British Nationality Act 1981; and (6) a British protected person within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981. 441 s 25(2). 442 Section 25(5) applies the offence to: (1) a British citizen; (2) a British Overseas Territories citizen; (3) a British National who is overseas; (4) a British Overseas citizen; (5) a person who is British under the British Nationality Act 1981; and (6) a British protected person within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981. 443 Similar legislation exists in Scotland (Children Act (Scotland) 1995) and Northern Ireland (Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 No 755 (NI 2)). Our research indicated that Scotland and Northern Ireland have not, as yet, amended their legislation in the same way that England and Wales has done so with regard to the Children Act 2004, which was passed by Parliament largely in response to a specific incident outside the scope of this report. 444 In Scotland, see the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 14; in Northern Ireland, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 No 1351 (NI 11). 445 Department for Children Schools and Families, ‘Vetting and Barring Scheme’, available at: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/safeguardingandsocialcare/safeguardingchildren/vettingandbarringscheme/vettingvandbarring/. See also, the ISA website: http://www.isa-gov.org.uk/. 446 The Act extends to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 applies in Scotland. 447 ibid s 1. 448 ibid s 2. 449 This information comes directly from the UK Resilience website of the Cabinet Office, available at: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ukresilience/response/ukgovernment/responsibilities.aspx. i ‘U.K. Getting More Rain Amid Cumbria Flood Cleanup (Update1)’, Bloomberg (24 Nov 2009), available at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aG3GNpJd1l2M. ii ‘Cockermouth residents return to flooded homes’, BBC (23 Nov 2009), available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8373937.stm. iii ‘Cumbria floods: residents braced for more rain over weekend’, Telegraph (20 Nov 2009), available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/6616406/Cumbria-floods-residents-braced-for-more-rain-over-weekend.html. iv ‘Swine flu epidemic could derail Britain’s recovery’, The Independent (20 July 2009), available at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/swine-flu-epidemic-could-derail-britains-recovery-1753208.html. v Department of Health, weekly swine fly update (29 Oct 2009), available at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/News/Recentstories/DH_107701. vi ‘The Pitt Review - Learning the lessons from the 2007 Floods’, available at : http://archive.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/pittreview/thepittreview/final_report.html. vii ‘Summer floods cost Britain 3bn GBP’, Telegraph, (4 Dec 2007), available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1571448/Summer-floods-cost-Britain-3bn-say-insurers.html. viii ibid 3. ix ‘Key points: Pitt report on floods’, BBC (25 June 2008), available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7472813.stm. x ‘Buncefield blast could cost 1bn GBP’, BBC (11 Dec 2008), available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7777539.stm. xi ibid. xii ‘Sizzling temperatures break UK record’, BBC (11 Aug 2003), available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3138865.stm. xiii Eurosurveillance, ‘The Impact of the 2003 Heat Wave on Daily Mortality in England and Wales and the Use of Rapid Weekly Mortality Estimates’, available at: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=558. xiv Defra, ‘Animal Health and Welfare’, available at: http://footandmouth.csl.gov.uk/. xv ‘Food-and-mouth: The key stats’, BBC (18 Feb 2002), available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1334466.stm. xvi Environment Agency, ‘Lessons learned - Autumn 2000 floods’, iii, available at : http://web.archive.org/web/20070927182913/http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/126637. xviiibid. xviii Lessons learned - Autumn 2000 Flood p.iii. Can be accessed at http://web.archive.org/web/20070927182913/http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/126637 xixIbid xx Train Derailment at Hatfield: A Final Report by the Independent Investigation Board July 2006, p.1. Can be accessed at http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/297.pdf. xxi ibid. Directory: media media -> Applications to Drill media -> Unicef voices of Youth Chat Theme: Children and aids nigeria and Zimbabwe 13 October 2006 Background media -> Tsunami Terror Alert: Voices of Youth media -> Biblical Eschatology Presentation by: D. Paul Beck May 4, 2016 Ground Rules media -> Guide to completing the collection using the Omnibus system media -> The milk carton kids media -> Events Date and Location media -> The Gilded Age: The First Generation of Historians by H. Wayne Morgan University of Oklahoma, April 18, 1997 media -> Cuba fieldcourse 2010 media -> Hurricane Facts and Dates Download 0.91 Mb. Share with your friends:
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