UK draft Civil Contingencies Bill 2003 and the subsequent act: Building block for homeland security?

Homeland Security in the UK: Future Preparedness for Terrorist Attack Since 9/11

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 333-342

  Gregory, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906164519     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203087459     Document Type: Chapter

References (8)

1. Hennessy, Professor P. (2003) 'The secret state revisited: part I', RUSI Journal, 148(4), August, p. 19.
2. Cabinet Office (2003) Draft Civil Contingencies Bill, Consultation Document, June, p. 9.
3. For a comprehensive assessment see Walker, C. and Broderick, J. (2006) The Civil Contingencies Act 2004: Risk, Resilience and the Law in the United Kingdom, Oxford:Oxford University Press.
4. Barclay, C. (2004) The Civil Contingencies Bill, Bill 14 of 2003-2004, House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/07, 15 January, p. 26.
5. Cabinet Office (2004) Civil Contingencies Bill gets Royal Assent, 18 November, available at www.cabinet office.gov.uk/newsroom/news_releases/2004/041118_ ccbill.asp, accessed 27 June 2006.
6. Statewatch (2004) UK Civil Contingencies Bill: Britain's Patriot Act - Revised and Just as Dangerous as Before, available at http://statewatch.org/news/2004/jan/12ukcivil-contingencies-bill-revised.htm, accessed 27 June 2006.
7. Civil Contingencies Act 2004, available at www.dyfed.powys.police.uk/Civil-Contingency-Act.sht, accessed 28 June 2006.
8. National Resilience Survey, 2006, available at www.ukresilience.info/preparedness/ukgovernment/survey.shtm, accessed 28 June 2006.