# The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Paragraph 42: Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987


(1) The Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 27 (contents of safety certificates) after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) No condition of a safety certificate shall require a person to contravene any provision of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or regulations made under it.”.
(3) In section 29 (amendment, cancellation etc. of certificates)—
(a) after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) The local authority shall, if it appears to them that a safety certificate would require a person to contravene any provision of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or regulations made under it, amend the safety certificate by notice in writing to its holder; but nothing in this subsection shall be taken to require the local authority to take any action unless they are aware of such an inconsistency between a safety certificate and the Order.”;
(b) in subsection (4) after “(1)(b)” insert “ or (1A) ”; and
(4) After section 29 insert—
“Safety certificates: fire safety
29A A safety certificate has no effect to the extent that it would require a person to contravene any provision of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or regulations made under it.”.
(5) In section 33(1) (exclusion of other statutory requirements)—
(a) omit paragraph (b); and
(b) in paragraph (d) for the words “sections 24 and 71” substitute “ section 24 ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1541/schedule/2/paragraph/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-reform-fire-safety-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-42
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