# The Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (revoked) 1984/1821 · made 22 November 1984 · revised to 28 April 2014 PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/fire-services-northern-ireland-order-1984-revoked/pdf/uksi_19841821_en.pdf ## Introductory text 22nd November 1984 ## Part I: INTRODUCTORY ## 1 Title and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: FIRE SERVICES ### The Fire Authority for Northern Ireland ## 3 The Fire Authority for Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Duties of the Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Powers of the Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Fire-hydrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Water supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Application of certain provisions of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Administration and finance ## 9 Establishment scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Pensions ⿿ (1) The Department, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, may by order provide⿿ (a) for the establishment and maintenance of one or more pension schemes for the purpose of providing pensions and other similar benefits in respect of the service of members of the fire brigade employed by the Authority; (b) for the payment of contributions by the Authority or by members of the fire brigade, or both by the Authority and the members of the fire brigade; (c) for securing that service with any body other than the Authority may, in such cases, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order, be reckoned for superannuation purposes; and (d) for reckoning for superannuation purposes, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order, of service occurring before 14th February 1950, as well as of service occurring thereafter. (2) The Department may by order apply, subject to such modifications and conditions as may be specified in the order and as from such date as may be so specified, as respects employees (other than members of the fire brigade) of the Authority the provisions of any statutory provision for the time being in force relating to the pensions payable to or in respect of employees of district councils. (3) An order made under this Article may provide for⿿ (a) the making as a condition precedent to the reckoning under paragraph (1) (c) of service with a body other than the Authority of⿿ (i) payments (whether in the form of repayments of contributions, payments of accrued superannuation values or any other payment of whatsoever nature directed to the creation or preservation of pension rights of the person concerned) by any former employer of the person concerned or out of any superannuation fund relevant to that person's former employment; (ii) where the person concerned has received any payment in respect of his pension rights upon ceasing to be employed in his former employment, payments by that person equal to all or any of the amounts so received; (b) in the case of a person who having ceased to be in the employment of the Authority has entered the employment of another person, the making of payments by the Authority corresponding to any payments such as are described in sub-paragraph (a) (i); (c) pensions and other superannuation benefits which are being paid or may become payable to or in respect of such persons as are specified in the order being persons who before the date so specified died or ceased to serve in the employment, service in which qualified them for those pensions or superannuation benefits; and any former employer such as is referred to in sub-paragraph (a) (i) and the person having charge of any superannuation fund such as is so referred to shall have power to make the payments mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) (i) if, apart from the provisions of this paragraph, they would not have power to do so. (3A) Paragraphs (1) to (3) are subject to sections 18 and 19 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (restrictions on benefits provided under existing schemes). (4) An order under this Article may be framed so as to have effect as from a date earlier than the making of the order and section 18 (2) of the Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 shall not apply to any such order. (5) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), an order made under that paragraph may make provision⿿ (a) where a person, immediately before he undertakes service of a description specified in Schedule 1 to the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 or attends for hourly instruction as defined in section 42 of that Act, is a member of the fire brigade, for treating the period of such service or instruction and such further period, if any, as may be specified in the order, on such conditions, if any, as may be so specified, as service in the employment of the Authority. (b) for the manner in which any question arising under the order is to be determined and for appeals from determinations of any such question. ## 11 Expenditure by the Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Accounts and audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Estimates of the Authority's receipts and payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Payments to the Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Borrowing powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Annual report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Insurance by the Authority against accidents to its members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Owners, occupiers, etc., not to pay for fire services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Miscellaneous ## 19 Power to extinguish fires, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 False alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: FIRE PRECAUTIONS ### Premises for which fire certificates are required ## 21 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Uses of premises for which fire certificate is compulsory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Premises exempt from Article 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Power to make fire certificate compulsory for use of premises as dwelling etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Right of appeal against, and coming into force of, notices under Article 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Fire certificates ## 26 Application for, and issue of, fire certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26A Powers for the Authority to grant exemption in particular cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26B Withdrawal of exemptions under Article 26A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Contents of fire certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Offences in relation to foregoing provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Change of conditions affecting adequacy of certain matters specified in fire certificate, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29A Change of conditions affecting premises for which exemption has been granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29B Charges for issue or amendment of fire certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Right of appeal as regards matters arising out of Articles 26 to 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Duty as to means of escape and for fighting fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31A Codes of practice as to means of escape and for fighting fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31B Legal effect of codes of practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31C Improvement notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31D Rights of appeal against improvement notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31E Provision as to offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Means of escape from fire in hotels and boarding houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Premises involving excessive fire risk ## 33 Special procedure in case of serious risk: prohibition notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33A Rights of appeal against prohibition notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33B Provision as to offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Regulations about fire precautions ## 34 Power to make regulations about fire precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Exercise of certain powers of Authority where building regulations as to means of escape apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Consultation between the Authority and other authorities ## 36 District councils to consult Authority before dispensing with or relaxing certain requirements of building regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 District councils to consult Authority in certain cases before passing plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Authority to consult other authorities before requiring alterations to buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Enforcement ## 39 Enforcement of this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Powers of authorised members of the fire brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Restriction on disclosure of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Offences, penalties and legal proceedings ## 42 Falsification of documents, false statements, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Offences due to fault of other person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Defence available to persons charged with offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44A Civil and other liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Power where notice under Article 24 in force, to modify agreements, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Supplemental ## 46 Suspension of terms and conditions of licences dealing with same matters as fire certificates or regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Modification of application of this Part to factory, office and shop premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Power to apply this Part to vessels and movable structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Application of this Part to Crown, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT ## 49A Functions of the Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Inquiries and default powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: MISCELLANEOUS ## 52 Orders and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Amendments, savings, transitional provisions and repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 1: CONSTITUTION ## Appointment of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3—Amendments ### General savings ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### References to former fire authorities ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Fire certificates under Factories Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 or Office and Shop Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Existing members of the Authority ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5—Repeals --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1984/1821 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fire-services-northern-ireland-order-1984-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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