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Civil Contingencies Bill

This is the text of the Civil Contingencies Bill, as brought from the Commons on 25th May 2004.

 
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Cabinet Office, are published separately as Bill 77- EN.
 
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

The Lord Bassam of Brighton has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Civil Contingencies Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.
  
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