Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 2184

The Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

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1994 No. 2184

FIRE PRECAUTIONS

The Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 12(1), (3) and (4), 37(2) and (3) and 40(1) of the Fire Precautions Act 1971^[1], and having consulted with such persons and bodies of persons as appear to me requisite, I hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st January 1996.

Exemption from requirements
    2.    Regulation 12 of the Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989^[2] is amended—
 (a) in paragraph (1) by inserting—
 (i) after the words "regulations 4(1) and (3), 5(4) and (5), 6(1) and (3), 7(1), 8(2)" the words "and (3)", and
 (ii) after the words "they may" the words ", subject to paragraph (1A),"; and
 (b) by inserting after paragraph (1)—
"  (1A)  A fire authority may not exercise their powers under paragraph (1) above in such a way that there would be in effect at the same time in respect of particular station premises exemptions from requirements of regulation 5(4) or 6(1) and from requirements of regulation 8(3)." .

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office

18th August 1994

These Regulations amend the Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989 so as to add the requirement imposed by regulation 8(3) (flame resistant materials to be used for escalator surfaces) to those from which a fire authority may grant exemption under regulation 12(1); escalators in a station may not, however, at the same time be exempt from the regulation 8(3) requirement and from requirements as to water sprinklers or as to means for detecting fire.

Regulation 8(3) of the 1989 Regulations comes into force on 1st January 1996 (see regulation 1(3)). These amending Regulations accordingly come into force on that date.

[1] 1971 c. 40; section 12(1) was amended by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), section 78(1) and (5) and by the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27), section 13(b) and Schedule 4. back

[2] S.I. 1989/1401, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations. back