Fire Services Act, 1981
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Fire safety regulations. |
37.—(1) The Minister may make regulations providing for the precautions to be taken in premises to which section 18 applies for the protection of persons and property against risk by fire. | |
(2) The regulations may apply to any particular use of premises or of any specified class of premises. | ||
(3) The regulations may, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing subsections, specify requirements with regard to any or all of the following matters— | ||
(a) the provision and maintenance of exit signs, emergency lighting and notices as to the procedure to be followed in the event of fire; | ||
(b) the provision, maintenance and keeping free from obstruction of means of escape in case of fire; | ||
(c) the provision and maintenance of means for securing that any means of escape can be safely and effectively used at all material times; | ||
(d) the provision and maintenance of means for the prevention and extinguishing of fires and means for detection and giving warning in case of fire; | ||
(e) the holding of fire safety evacuation drills at specified intervals and the keeping of records of such drills; | ||
(f) the internal construction of premises and the materials used in that construction; | ||
(g) prohibiting altogether the presence or use in the premises of furniture, furnishings or equipment of any specified description, or articles or materials of a flammable nature, or prohibiting their presence or use unless specified standards or conditions are complied with; | ||
(h) the installation, maintenance and use of power supply, lighting, heating and ventilating systems; | ||
(i) securing that persons employed to work in the premises receive appropriate instruction and training in what to do in case of fire; | ||
(j) the maximum number of persons who may be in the premises or any part thereof at any one time; | ||
(k) securing that, in specified circumstances, specified numbers of attendants are stationed in specified parts of the premises; | ||
(l) the keeping of records of instruction or training given, or things done, in pursuance of the regulations, and | ||
(m) the provision of adequate means of access for fire appliances and equipment. | ||
(4) Nothing in regulations under this section shall derogate from the functions of a fire authority under this Act or from a duty imposed on any person under subsection (2) or (3) of section 18 . |