reg 8 Detailed emergency planning zone
(1) The local authority must determine the detailed emergency planning zone on the basis of the operator's recommendation made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 and may extend that area in consideration of— (a) local geographic, demographic and practical implementation issues; (b) the need to avoid, where practicable, the bisection of local communities; and (c) the inclusion of vulnerable groups immediately adjacent to the area proposed by the operator. (2) However, the local authority and operator may agree that, in relation to the premises, other arrangements are in place which sufficiently mitigate the consequences of any radiation emergency, and that no detailed emergency planning zone is necessary. (3) The local authority must inform the operator and the regulator, within two months of having received the consequences report under regulation 7, of the determination made under paragraph (1). (4) Where the local authority and the operator have agreed that no detailed emergency planning zone is necessary in accordance with paragraph (2), the local authority must inform the regulator as soon as reasonably practicable. (5) On receipt of the local authority's confirmation of the detailed emergency planning zone, the operator must record the detailed emergency planning zone as finalised. (6) The local authority may re-determine the detailed emergency planning zone— (a) if there is a change in the local area which necessitates such a re-determination; or (b) if the local authority deems it appropriate as a consequence of the operator's consequences report made after an evaluation in accordance with regulation 6(1) or 6(2)(a). (7) If the local authority re-determines the detailed emergency planning zone in accordance with paragraph (6), it must inform the operator and regulator as soon as reasonably practicable.