The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 No. 1324

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. THE CIGARETTE TEST

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 in force at 1.11.1988, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[F1 Part I] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 Pt. 1 heading inserted (1.3.1990) by The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/2358), regs. 1(2), 9(b)

[F2 The smouldering cigarette test specified in BS 5852: Part I shall be conducted subject to the following modifications.] U.K.

6.  Where seams are exposed as part of the design of the covering material, at least one seam in respect of each test to be conducted shall be so aligned on the test rig that it crosses the junction of the back and the seat at approximately right angles thereto and not less than 50 mm from the nearest side edge, and the test (or, in the case of a test which is repeated, the first test) shall be conducted with the cigarette placed across the seam at that junction.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 1 substituted (1.3.1990) by The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/2358), regs. 1(2), 9(c)