SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENTS OF PRIMARY LEGISLATION.

Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 198742

1

The Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 M1 is amended as follows.

2

In section 27 (contents of safety certificates) after subsection (3) insert—

3A

No condition of a safety certificate shall require a person to contravene any provision of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or regulations made under it.

3

In section 29 (amendment, cancellation etc. of certificates)—

a

after subsection (1) insert—

1A

The local authority shall, if it appears to them that a safety certificate would require a person to contravene any provision of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or regulations made under it, amend the safety certificate by notice in writing to its holder; but nothing in this subsection shall be taken to require the local authority to take any action unless they are aware of such an inconsistency between a safety certificate and the Order.

b

in subsection (4) after “(1)(b)” insert “ or (1A) ”; and

4

After section 29 insert—

29ASafety certificates: fire safety

A safety certificate has no effect to the extent that it would require a person to contravene any provision of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or regulations made under it.

5

In section 33(1) M2 (exclusion of other statutory requirements)—

a

omit paragraph (b); and

b

in paragraph (d) for the words “sections 24 and 71” substitute “ section 24 ”.