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Maintenance of measures provided in the common areas of private dwellings for protection of fire fightersN.I.

24.—(1) Regulation 23 shall apply to the common areas of private dwellings as if they were relevant premises, with the modifications specified in paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) The duty imposed by paragraph (1) shall apply to—

(a)a person who has control to any extent of the common areas of private dwellings, to that extent;

(b)a person who carries on an undertaking (whether for profit or not) and has control to any extent of the common areas of a private dwelling, to that extent; and

(c)the person who owns the common areas of private dwellings.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)the references to relevant premises in Articles 34, 37 and 49 shall be taken to include the common areas of private dwellings; and

(b)the reference to fire safety duties in Articles 32(1), and (3), 33(1), 34(2)(c), (4)(a), (6) and (7), 37(1), (2)(a) and (6) and 39(1)(a) shall be taken to include the application in paragraph (1) of the safeguarding provision to the common areas of private dwellings; and

(c)for the purposes of Article 41(3)(a), this regulation is deemed to be one to which a person is subject by virtue of regulations made under Article 30.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 24 in operation at 15.11.2010, see reg. 1

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