A person or body listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act. These bodies are likely to be at the core of the response to most emergencies. As such, they are subject to the full range of civil protection duties in the Act
Cabinet Office, Lexicon of UK Civil Protection: A developing single point of reference for UK Civil Protection Terminology - Version 2.0.1, Emergency Responder Interoperability Lexicon, London, UK 2011. http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/cplexicon, (Emr Mgt - Brit) {545}