Regulation 32 Application and interpretationF1

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.

Regulation 37B applies when a building is—

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.