Issue - meetings
Emergency Co-ordination in London
Meeting: 02/03/2006 - General Purposes Committee (old) (Item 83)
83 Emergency Co-ordination in London 
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In response to a request from the ALG for a revised “LA Gold” resolution to deal with London wide response to emergencies/terrorism etc. Report of the Monitoring Officer
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Head of Legal Services’ representative introduced this item which sought to provide for the delegation of powers to a “Gold” Chief Executive acting London-wide in the event of a major emergency less serious than a “catastrophic incident”.
RECOMMENDED
1. That Full Council extend the ALG arrangements for co-ordinating the response to emergencies, set out in Appendix 2 to the report, to have effect as amendments to Part J.1 of the Council’s Constitution.
2. That the revised “LA Gold” resolution be noted, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, and be recommended for agreement by the Executive and Full Council as a pre-condition to the amendments to the Constitution recommended in resolution (1) above.
Minutes:
The Head of Legal Services’ representative introduced this item which sought to provide for the delegation of powers to a “Gold” Chief Executive acting London-wide in the event of a major emergency less serious than a “catastrophic incident”.
RECOMMENDED
1. That Full Council extend the ALG arrangements for co-ordinating the response to emergencies, set out in Appendix 2 to the report, to have effect as amendments to Part J.1 of the Council’s Constitution.
2. That the revised “LA Gold” resolution be noted, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, and be recommended for agreement by the Executive and Full Council as a pre-condition to the amendments to the Constitution recommended in resolution (1) above.