5.—(1) The Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Fire Precautions Act 1971(1) and accordingly, for the purposes of section 40 of that Act(2) (application of certain provisions of that Act to premises occupied by the Crown or owned by the Crown but not occupied by it)–
(a)the occupation of any premises by the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as occupation by the Crown; and
(b)any premises in which the Parliamentary corporation has an interest which is that of an owner, within the meaning of that Act, shall be treated as premises owned by the Crown.
(2) The Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997(3) (referred to in this article as “the 1997 Regulations”) and accordingly for the purposes of regulation 18 of those Regulations (application to the Crown)–
(a)premises and workplaces owned by the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as premises and workplaces owned by the Crown;
(b)premises and workplaces owned by the Parliamentary corporation but not occupied by it shall be treated as premises and workplaces owned by the Crown but not occupied by it; and
(c)premises occupied by the Parliamentary corporation shall be treated as premises occupied by the Crown.
(3) In paragraph (2) of this article, “premises” and “workplaces” have the same meaning as in the 1997 Regulations.
Section 40 was amended by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), section 78(8); by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 46 and Schedule 14, paragraph 29; by the Building Act 1984 (c. 55), Schedule 7; by the Fire and Safety and Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27), section 18; by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), Schedule 16; by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 10; and by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 3.
S.I. 1997/1840.