{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uniformity-of-laws-act-northern-ireland-1922/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uniformity-of-laws-act-northern-ireland-1922/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1922/20",
  "legislation_title": "Uniformity of Laws Act (Northern Ireland) 1922",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uniformity-of-laws-act-northern-ireland-1922",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following provisions shall apply to every room used:—\n(a) for the storing, or\n(b) for the examination, cleaning, packing, re-winding or repair of film:—\n(i) the room shall be used for no other purpose;\n(ii) the room shall be kept properly ventilated;\n(iii) adequate means of extinguishing fire, having regard to the amount of film on the premises, shall be kept constantly provided and readily available;\n(iv) the furniture and apparatus shall be so arranged as to afford free egress to persons in the room in the event of fire;\n(v) no open light or fire shall be allowed;\n(vi) the fittings shall, so far as is practicable, be of non-inflammable or fire-resisting material;\n(vii) the doors shall be self-closing, and shall, except in the case of sliding doors, be so constructed as to open outwards;\n(viii) no person shall smoke in or take matches into the room;\n(ix) there shall be kept posted up in large characters in the room:—\n(a) a printed copy of Parts II. and III. of this Schedule;\n(b) full instructions as to the action to be taken in case of fire; and\n(c) full directions as to the means of escape from the room in case of fire.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1922/20/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:35:21.904144+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."
}