Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “Approved Document B” means Approved Document B (Fire Safety), supporting requirements B1 to B5 of Part B of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010^f1;

• “high-rise residential building” has the meaning given in regulation 3;

• “lift for use by firefighters” means any lift located within a firefighting shaft, and any passenger lift which has an override switch that enables the fire and rescue service to take control of the lift;

• “local fire and rescue authority” means the fire and rescue authority in whose area the building is situated;

• “military premises” means—

  1. (a)

     military barracks,

  2. (b)

     a building occupied solely for the purposes of the armed forces, or

  3. (c)

     a building occupied solely for the purposes of any visiting force or an international headquarters or defence organisation designated for the purposes of the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964^f2;

• “secure information box” means a box of the description in regulation 4.

Other expressions in these Regulations which are listed in Appendix A to Approved Document B are to be interpreted in accordance with the meaning given to those expressions in that Appendix.