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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987

1987 CHAPTER 27

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Fire Safety

    1. Exemption from requirement to have fire certificate

      1. 1. Power to exempt from requirement to have fire certificate

      2. 2. Exemption from requirement to have fire certificate: supplementary

      3. 3. Charges for fire certification work

    2. Means of escape and for fighting fire

      1. 4. Means of escape: scope of regulation

      2. 5. General duty as to means of escape and for fighting fire

      3. 6. Codes of practice

      4. 7. Improvement notices

    3. Interim duties as to safety of premises

      1. 8. Duties as regards safety pending determination of applications for fire certificates

    4. Premises involving serious risk to persons

      1. 9. Special procedure in case of serious risk: prohibition notices

    5. Inspections of premises

      1. 10. Inspections of premises

      2. 11. Disclosure of information obtained in premises

    6. Civil and other liability

      1. 12. Civil and other liability

    7. Miscellaneous

      1. 13. Removal of exemption for premises used for public religious worship

      2. 14. Breaches of fire certificate requirements: restriction of defence

      3. 15. Automatic means for fighting fire

      4. 16. Special provision for certain premises

      5. 17. Extension of power to apply Act

      6. 18. Application to Crown etc

  2. Part II

    Safety of Sports Grounds

    1. Application of Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 to all sports grounds

      1. 19. Application of Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 to all sports grounds

    2. Designation: spectator capacity

      1. 20. Designation of grounds; variation in qualifying spectator capacity

    3. Safety certificates

      1. 21. Safety certificates: police presence

      2. 22. Safety certificates: appeals

    4. Grounds involving serious risk to spectators

      1. 23. Special procedure in case of serious risk: prohibition notices

      2. 24. Prohibition notices: appeals

    5. Enforcement: inspections and obstruction

      1. 25. Enforcement: inspections and offence of obstruction

  3. Part III

    Safety of Stands at Sports Grounds

    1. 26. Safety certificates for stands at sports grounds

    2. 27. Contents of safety certificates for stands

    3. 28. Issue of certificates

    4. 29. Amendment, cancellation etc. of certificates

    5. 30. Appeals

    6. 31. Regulations

    7. 32. Alterations and extensions

    8. 33. Exclusion of other statutory requirements

    9. 34. Enforcement

    10. 35. Powers of entry and inspection

    11. 36. Offences

    12. 37. Civil and other liability

    13. 38. Service of documents

    14. 39. Power to modify Part for classes of stand

    15. 40. Application to Crown

    16. 41. Interpretation

  4. Part IV

    Indoor Sports Licences

    1. Licensing in England and Wales

      1. 42. Licensing of indoor sports premises in London

      2. 43. Licensing of indoor sports premises outside London

    2. Licensing in Scotland

      1. 44. Licensing of indoor sports premises in Scotland

  5. Part V

    Miscellaneous and General

    1. Miscellaneous

      1. 45. Entertainment licences: removal of exemption

      2. 46. Entertainment licences: fees for variation

      3. 47. Luminous tube signs: England and Wales

      4. 48. Luminous tube signs: Scotland

    2. General

      1. 49. Repeals and transitional and saving provisions

      2. 50. Short title, commencement and extent

  6. SCHEDULE 1

    Fire Precautions: Special Provision for Certain Premises

  7. SCHEDULE 2

    Special Provision for Certain Premises

  8. SCHEDULE 2

    Extension of Application of Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 to Sports Grounds

  9. SCHEDULE 3

    Indoor Sports Licences

  10. SCHEDULE 4

    Repeals

  11. SCHEDULE 5

    Transitional and Saving Provisions

An Act to amend the Fire Precautions Act 1971 and other enactments relating to fire precautions; to amend the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and make like provisions as respects stands at sports grounds; to extend as respects indoor sports premises, and amend, the statutory provisions regulating entertainment licences; and for connected purposes.

[15th May 1987]

X1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:

Extent Information

E1Except as provided by an order under section 50 subsection (5) Parts II and III of this Act do not extend to the Isles of Scilly.

Commencement Information

I1Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 50(2)

Editorial Information

X1The text of Ss. 19-41, 49, 50, Schs. 2, 4, 5 was taken from S.I.F. Group 45A (Entertainment), Ss. 1-18, 49, 50, Schs. 1, 4, 5 from S.I.F. Group 50 (Fire Services), Ss. 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, Schs. 3-5 from S.I.F. Group 81:1 (Local Government: General, E. & W.), Ss. 44, 48-50, Sch. 5 from S.I.F. Group 81:2 (Local Government: General, S.).

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