# The Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This is the first commencement order made under the Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011. It brings section 1 of the Measure fully into force in two stages.
Section 1 comes into force on 30 April 2014 in relation to care homes, children’s homes, halls of residence, certain types of hostels and boarding houses and on 1 January 2016 in relation to dwelling-houses and flats. Section 1 is not commenced in relation to certain types of building, see Article 2(3).
Section 1 requires residences to be provided with an automatic fire suppression system when they are completed or when they are first occupied as a residence. Section 1 confers power on the Welsh Ministers to prescribe the requirements with which an automatic fire suppression system must comply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/2727/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-fire-safety-wales-measure-2011-commencement-no-1-order-2013/note
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