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The Fire Precautions (Application for Certificate) Regulations 1989

S.I. 1989/77 · Made 20 January 1989

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FIRE PRECAUTIONS

Made 20th January 1989

Laid before Parliament 27th January 1989

Coming into force 1st April 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 5(1) and 43(1) of the Fire Precautions Act 1971f1, I hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1971 c. 40; in section 43(1) see the definition of “prescribed”.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. 3Regulation 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule FIRE PRECAUTIONS ACT 1971, s.5
  6. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Precautions (Application for Certificate) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

2

An application for a fire certificate in respect of any premises shall be in the form specified in the Schedule to these Regulations or a form to the like effect.

3

The Fire Precautions (Application for Certificate) Regulations 1976f1 are hereby revoked.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

20th January 1989

FIRE PRECAUTIONS ACT 1971, s.5

APPLICATION FOR A FIRE CERTIFICATE

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations supersede the Fire Precautions (Application for Certificate) Regulations 1976 and prescribe a new form of application for a fire certificate under the Fire Precautions Act 1971. The new form in the Schedule to these Regulations makes changes in the information required by paragraph 3 of the form as to the number of persons at work in the premises to which the application relates and requires details to be given in paragraph 8 of the fire-fighting equipment available for use in the premises.