# Fire Precautions Act 1971 (repealed) 1971 c. 40 · enacted 27 May 1971 · revised to 1 October 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Premises for which fire certificates are required ## 1 Uses of premises for which fire certificate is compulsory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Premises exempt from s. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Power of fire authority to make fire certificate compulsory for use of certain premises as a dwelling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Right of appeal against, and coming into force of, notices under s. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Fire certificates ## 5 Application for, and issue of, fire certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5A Powers for fire authority to grant exemption in particular cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5B Withdrawal of exemptions under s. 5A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Contents of fire certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Offences in relation to foregoing provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Change of conditions affecting adequacy of certain matters specified in fire certificate, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8A Changes of conditions affecting premises for which exemption has been granted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8B Charges for issue or amendment of fire certicicates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Right of appeal as regards matters arising out of ss. 5 to 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9A Duty as to means of escape and for fighting fire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9B Codes of practice as to means of escape and for fighting fire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9C Legal effect of codes of practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9D Improvement notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9E Rights of appeal against improvement notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9F Provision as to offences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Premises involving excessive risk to persons in case of fire ## 10 Special procedure in cases of special risk: prohibition notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10A Rights of appeal against prohibition notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10B Provision as to offences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Building and other regulations about fire precautions ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Power of Secretary of State to make regulations about fire precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Exercise of certain powers of fire authority in England or Wales where building regulations as to means of escape apply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Exercise of certain powers of fire authority in Scotland where building standards regulations as to means of escape apply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Consultation between fire and other authorities ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Duty of local authority to consult fire authority in certain cases before passing plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Duty of fire authorities to consult other authorities before requiring alterations to buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Enforcement ## 18 Enforcement of Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Powers of inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Exercise on behalf of fire inspectors of their powers by officers of fire brigades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Restriction on disclosure of information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Offences, penalties and legal proceedings ## 22 Falsification of documents, false statements etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Offences by bodies corporate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Offences due to fault of other person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Defence available to persons charged with offences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Appeals to magistrates’ courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Appeal from order made on complaint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27A Civil and other liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Power of county court or sheriff, where notice under s. 3 is in force, to modify agreements and leases and apportion expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28A Special provision for factory, office, railway and shop premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Amendments of other Acts ## 29 Extension of ss. 24 and 33 of Fire Services Act 1947. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Provisions as to ss. 59 and 60 of Public Health Act 1936 and certain similar enactments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Suspension of terms and conditions of licences dealing with same matters as fire certificates or regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Provision for securing exercise of local Act powers in conformity with this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Amendment of Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Modification of Rent Act 1968 and corresponding Scottish Acts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Miscellaneous and general ## 35 Power to apply Act to vessels and movable structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Power of local authorities to make loans to meet expenditure on certain alterations to buildings occasioned by this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 General provisions as to regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Service of documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Application to Crown, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Application to premises occupied by U.K. Atomic Energy Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Short title, extent and commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule I: Modification of Rent Act 1968 and Corresponding Scottish Acts ## ... ... ## ... ... ## Schedule 2: Special Provision for Certain Premises ### Part I: The Premises ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: The Modifications ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.