Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 75 (C.3)

FIRE PRECAUTIONS

The Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1989

Made

20th January 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 50(2) of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987(1), I hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1989.

2.  The provisions of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

20th January 1989

Article 2

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS OF THE FIRE SAFETY AND SAFETY OF PLACES OF SPORT ACT 1987 COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 1989

Provisions of the ActSubject matter of provisions
Section 1Power to exempt from requirement to have fire certificate
Section 2Exemption from requirement to have fire certificate: supplementary
Section 5General duty as to means of escape and for fighting fire
Section 6Codes of practice
Section 7Improvement notices
Section 16, so far as not already in forceSpecial provision for certain premises
Section 18, so far as not already in forceApplication to Crown etc.
In section 49, subsection (1) to the extent necessary to give effect to the repeal in Schedule 4 specified in this Schedule, and subsection (2) so far as not already in forceRepeals and transitional and saving provisions
Schedule 1, so far as not already in forceFire precautions: special provision for certain premises
In Schedule 4, the entry specified in the Appendix to this ScheduleRepeals
Schedule 5, so far as not already in forceTransitional and saving provisions

APPENDIX TO THE SCHEDULEREPEAL TAKING EFFECT ON 1ST APRIL 1989

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
1974 c. 37.Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.Section 78(4).

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st April 1989 the provisions of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 specified in the Schedule to the Order.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:

ProvisionDate of commencementS.I. No.
Sections 3, 4, 8, 9, 11 to 14, 16 (partially), 17, 18 (partially), 19 to 25, 46, 49 (partially), 50 (partially), Schedule 1 (partially), Schedule 2, Schedule 4 (partially) and Schedule 5 (partially)1.1.19881987/1762
Sections 42, 43, 45, 49 (partially), Schedule 3, Schedule 4 (partially) and Schedule 5 (partially)1.6.19881988/485
Sections 44 and 48.1.6.19881988/626
Sections 26 to 41 and 50 (partially)1.1.19891988/1806