Paragraph 7 InterpretationI1

In this Schedule—

• “fire-resistant internal linings” means materials or products used in lining any partition, wall, ceiling or other internal structure that—

  1. (a)

     adequately resist the spread of flame over their surfaces; and

  2. (b)

     have, if ignited, either a rate of heat release or a rate of fire growth, that is reasonable in the circumstances;

• “fire-separated” means—

  1. (a)

     separated by an external wall of a building which is able to resist adequately the spread of fire over the wall and from one building to another, having regard to the height, use and position of the building;

  2. (b)

     separated by a partition, wall, ceiling or other internal structure, containing fire-resistant internal linings; or

  3. (c)

     separated by the means described in sub-paragraph (a) or (b), other than a floor or ceiling, where there is an opening fitted with a self-closing door constructed of hard wood or other fire-resisting material;

• “flat” means a separate and self-contained premises constructed or adapted for use for residential purposes and forming part of a building, from some other part of which it is divided horizontally;

• “public building” means a building consisting of or containing a place of public resort but a building is not to be treated as a place of public resort because it is, or it contains, a dwelling to which the public are occasionally admitted;

• “storage place” in domestic or other relevant premises means the place where petrol is stored.