Fire Precautions Act 1971 (repealed)

32 Provision for securing exercise of local Act powers in conformity with this Act.E+W+S

A person required by or under a local Act to do any thing in relation to any premises shall not be treated as having acted in contravention of that Act by reason of his failure to do that thing in so far as the failure is attributable to the fact that remedying it would involve a contravention of this Act or of regulations made under section 12 thereof.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 32 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1997/1840, reg. 17(1)(2)