# The Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997, Regulation 20: Application to premises occupied by the UK Atomic Energy Authority


Regulation 10 and section 30 of the 1971 Act as applied by regulation 17 shall not apply to any workplace over which the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has control; and in the application of the remaining provisions of these Regulations to such a workplace—
(a) for any reference to a fire authority in these Regulations (and in any provision of the 1971 Act applied by these Regulations) there shall be substituted a reference to a fire inspector (within the meaning of regulation 18(6)) or any person authorised by the Secretary of State to act for the purposes of this regulation; and
(b) for the reference in section 20(1) of the 1971 Act as applied by regulation 17 to an officer of the fire brigade maintained by the fire authority there shall be substituted a reference to any person.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1840/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fire-precautions-workplace-regulations-1997/regulation-20
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.