{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-safety-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-safety-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2010/325",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-safety-regulations-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Assessment and review duty in respect of dangerous substances",
  "text": "Where a dangerous substance is or is liable to be present in the relevant premises, the matters which shall be taken into account when a person carries out an assessment or a review under Article 25 or 26 are—\n(a) the hazardous properties of the substance;\n(b) information on safety provided by the supplier, including information contained in any relevant safety data sheet;\n(c) the circumstances of the work including—\n(i) the special, technical and organisational measures and the substances used and their possible interactions;\n(ii) the amount of the substance involved;\n(iii) where the work will involve more than one dangerous substance, the risk presented by such substances in combination; and\n(iv) the arrangements for the safe handling, storage and transport of dangerous substances and of waste containing dangerous substances;\n(d) activities, such as maintenance, where there is the potential for a high level of risk;\n(e) the effect of measures which have been or will be taken pursuant to the 2006 Order and to these Regulations;\n(f) the likelihood that an explosive atmosphere will occur and its persistence;\n(g) the likelihood that ignition sources, including electrostatic discharges, will be present and become active and effective;\n(h) the scale of the anticipated effects;\n(i) any places which are, or can be connected via openings to, places in which explosive atmospheres may occur; and\n(j) such additional safety information as the person with duties under Article 25 or 26 may need in order to complete the assessment or review.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in operation at 15.11.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/325/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:25:12.800520+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}