Regulation 6 Amendment of Part E (Fire safety)I1

For regulation 32 substitute—

“Application and interpretation

32.

(1)

Regulations 33 and 35(3) shall not apply to a prison within the meaning of the Prisons Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 or any other place of lawful detention.

(2)

Regulation 37B applies when a building is—

(a)

erected;

(b)

formed by a material change of use; or

(c)

altered and/or extended, only where regulation 37B has been applied to the building.

(3)

In this Part—

• “Above ground level” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 23(4)(b) in Part B;

• “Dwelling” means a self-contained unit of residential accommodation occupied (whether or not as a sole or main residence)—

  1. (a)

     by a single person or by people living together as a family; or

  2. (b)

     by not more than 6 people living together as a single household, including a household where care is provided for residents;

• “Dwellinghouse” means a dwelling on one or more storeys which is detached or forms part of a building from all other parts of which it is divided only vertically and does not include a flat;

• “Fire safety duties” has the meaning given by Article 52 of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 or duties associated with the fire safety measures in a building containing one or more flats;

• “Fire safety information” means as-built information relating to the design and construction of a building or extension, and the services, fittings and equipment provided in or in connection with a building or extension which will assist the person with fire safety duties to operate and maintain the building or extension with reasonable safety;

• “Flat” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2 in Part A;

• “Internal linings” means the materials lining any partition, wall, ceiling or other internal structure;

• “Means of escape” means structural means whereby, in the event of a fire, a safe route or routes is or are provided for people to travel from any point in a building to a place of safety;

• “Place of safety” means a place, outside the building, in which people are in no danger from fire within the building;

• “Purpose built student accommodation” means housing built specifically for students to live in;

• “Relevant premises” has the meaning given by Article 50 of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006; and

• “Residential care premises” includes residential care homes, nursing homes, children’s homes and residential family centres, each having the same meaning as in the Health & Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement & Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.”.

After regulation 37, insert—

“Fire safety information

37A.

Where a building is a relevant premises or contains one or more flats, the person carrying out the work shall—

(a)

provide adequate fire safety information to the person with fire safety duties in a building not later than the date of completion of the work, or the date of occupation of the building or extension, whichever is the earlier; and

(b)

not later than 5 days after the date provided for in subparagraph (a), give a notice in writing to the district council stating that the requirements of subparagraph (a) have been met.

Automatic fire suppression systems

37B.

(1)

A building shall be designed and constructed with a suitable automatic fire suppression system.

(2)

This regulation applies only to —

(a)

a building, containing one or more flats, with a storey more than 11m above ground level;

(b)

a building, containing purpose built student accommodation, with a storey more than 11m above ground level; and

(c)

a residential care premises.”.