Ordinance on civil protection.

The present Ordinance implements the Law of 19 June 2007 on civil protection. In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the correct and efficient implementation of the afore-mentioned Law. Article 1 establishes that the Justice and Security Office is the competent authority in the Canton Luzern responsible for civil protection unless otherwise specified. The text consist of 21 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: Competences (I); Organization and material (II); Vocational training, operation and information (III); Protective structure, cultural heritage and alerting (IV); Penalties (V); Final provisions (VI). One Annex is enclosed.