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What does ACT mean? In corporate and banking practice, ACT usually refers to the Association of Corporate Treasurers, the UK-based professional body for corporate treasury professionals, rather than a statutory “Act”. It is not defined in legislation or case law; the acronym is market terminology used in transaction documents and governance materials. The Association of Corporate Treasurers promotes professional standards in liquidity management, funding, cash and risk management, foreign exchange and derivatives. It publishes guidance and a code of ethics and awards recognised qualifications (including AMCT and FCT). In legal contexts, references to “ACT-qualified” personnel or to ACT good practice may appear in treasury policies,...

Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (UK): Emergency definition, planning duties, ministerial regulations, limits and parliamentary scrutiny

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The Civil Contingencies act 2004

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (cca 2004) constitutes the principal legal framework for managing large-scale emergencies across the UK.

Part 1 of the CCA 2004 places obligations on a spectrum of public bodies and designated private entities (e.g. energy suppliers and telecommunications operators) to carry out contingency planning and co‑operation for emergencies.
Part 2 of the CCA 2004 empowers a senior government minister to make emergency regulations, including provisions capable of altering primary legislation.

It should also be recognised that a variety of other exceptional statutory powers can be used in a crisis without any declaration under Part 2. For example, primary legislation such as the Coronavirus Act 2020 and section 14 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) enables a Secretary of State to issue a designated derogation from rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Although Article 15 of the ECHR allows a derogation only ‘in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation’, a ‘public emergency’ for Article 15 purposes may exist even where the CCA 2004 has not been invoked...

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Eric Metcalfe

Monckton Chambers

Eric Metcalfe is a barrister at Monckton Chambers specialising in public law, EU law and human rights. Called to the Bar in 1999, he spent almost nine years as the director of human rights policy at JUSTICE before joining Monckton in 2011. He is listed by the Legal 500 as a leading junior in the field of Civil Liberties and Human Rights. His most recent cases include R(Public Law Project) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWHC 2365 (Admin) and Bingham Centre v Information Commissioner (EA/2014/0097), and he is currently instructed by Liberty in proceedings before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal against the UK intelligence services.PublicationsContributor to the Rights and Freedoms volume of the 5th edition of Halsbury’s Laws (LexisNexis, 2013).Editor in Chief of the Human Rights Law Reports - UK Cases (Sweet &...

Alistair Grainger

25 Bedford Row

Called to the bar in 1998. Practiced as a criminal solicitor 2002 – 2005. Returned to the bar in 2005 in a mixture of employed and independent practice. Tenant at 25 Bedford Row exclusively defence since 2020....

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