Part 2: Victims of Major Incidents Appointment of advocates Section 38: Appointment of more than one advocate in respect of major incidents
This section allows the Secretary of State to appoint more than one advocate in respect of the same major incident. This could be necessary for larger scale events with high numbers of victims to provide resilience, or where specific expertise is required.
	If the Secretary of State appoints more than one advocate, the lead advocate must be appointed under must under subsection (2). An advocate must have regard to any directions given by the lead advocate as to how they are to exercise their functions in respect of the incident.