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(1)While a general safety certificate is in force in relation to a [F1sports ground], the following provisions shall not apply to it, that is to say—
(a)section 37(1) of the M1Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890 (platforms for public occasions);
(b)[F1section 89 of the M2Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (which makes provision as to the safety of platforms, stands, and other structures), in so far as that section relates] to any matter in relation to which requirements are imposed by the terms and conditions of the safety certificate;
(c)[F2[F3section 24] of the M3Building Act 1984] (exits, entrances, etc. in the case of certain public and other buildings);
F4(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)any provision of a local Act in so far as it relates to any matter in relation to which requirements are imposed by [F5the terms and conditions of the safety certificate] .
(2)Where any enactment provides for the licensing of premises of any class or description and the authority responsible for licences thereunder is required or authorised to impose terms, conditions or restrictions in connection with such licences, then, so long as there is in operation with respect to the premises a safety certificate covering the use of the premises by reason of which a licence under that enactment is required, any term, condition or restriction imposed with respect to those premises in connection with any licence under that enactment shall be of no effect in so far as it relates to any matter in relation to which requirements are imposed by the terms and conditions of that certificate.
(3)A person required by or under a local Act to do anything that would involve a contravention of the terms or conditions of a safety certificate shall not be treated as having contravened that Act if he fails to do it.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27, SIF 45A), s. 19(1), Sch. 2
F2Words substituted (E.W.) by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 133(1), Sch.6 para. 15
F3Words in s. 9(1)(c) substituted (E.W.) (1.10.2006) by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1541), Sch. 2 para. 10(5)(a) (with art. 49) (as amended by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Subordinate Provisions Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/484), arts. 1(1), 2)
F4S. 9(1)(d) repealed (E.W.) (1.10.2006) by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1541), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 10(5)(b), Sch. 4 (with art. 49) (as amended by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Subordinate Provisions Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/484), arts. 1(1), 2); and repealed (S.) (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 2
F5Words in s. 9(1)(e) substituted (E.W.) (1.10.2006) by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1541), Sch. 2 para. 10(5)(c) (with art. 49) (as amended by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Subordinate Provisions Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/484), arts. 1(1), 2); and substituted (S.) (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 7(5)
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