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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-minding-and-day-care-wales-regulations-2002/regulation-21",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2002/812",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Minding and Day Care (Wales) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-minding-and-day-care-wales-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Fire Precautions",
  "text": "(1) The registered person shall, in relation to relevant premises—\n(a) take adequate precautions against the risk of fire, including the provision of fire prevention and detection equipment;\n(b) provide adequate means of escape in the event of a fire;\n(c) make adequate arrangements—\n(i) for detecting, containing and extinguishing fires;\n(ii) for giving warnings of fires;\n(iii) for evacuation in the event of a fire;\n(iv) for the maintenance of all fire prevention and detection equipment; and\n(v) for reviewing fire precautions, and testing fire prevention and detection equipment, at suitable intervals;\n(d) make arrangements for persons working with relevant children on relevant premises to receive suitable training in fire prevention;\n(e) ensure by means of fire drills and practices at suitable intervals, that the persons working with relevant children, and, so far as practicable, the relevant children, are aware of the procedure to be followed in case of fire; and\n(f) consult with the fire authority about the matters described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).\n(2) In this regulation “fire authority” means the authority discharging in the area in which the relevant premises are situated, the functions of fire authority under the Fire Services Act 1947.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1947 c. 41."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "affecting": "uksi/2005/1541",
      "affecting_title": "The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005"
    },
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      "affecting": "uksi/2005/1541",
      "affecting_title": "The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005"
    },
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      "affecting": "wsi/2005/2929",
      "affecting_title": "The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Order 2005"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "wsi/2005/2929",
      "affecting_title": "The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Order 2005"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2002/812/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:14:20.596764+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}