# The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) 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;
“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—
(a) military barracks,
(b) a building occupied solely for the purposes of the armed forces, or
(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;
“secure information box” means a box of the description in regulation 4.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/547/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fire-safety-england-regulations-2022/regulation-2
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