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The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988
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- reg. 14(3) omitted by S.I. 2025/531 reg. 4(2)
- reg. 14(4) omitted by S.I. 2025/531 reg. 4(2)
- reg. 16 inserted by S.I. 2025/531 reg. 5
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14.—(1) [F1Subject to paragraph (1A) below] this regulation applies to furniture which has previously been supplied (whether before or after 1st March 1990, provided that it is not excluded by regulation 4 above, and whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) to any person who acquired it otherwise than for the purposes of a business of dealing in furniture.
[F2(1A) Until 31st December 1996 paragraph (2) below does not apply to any furniture which is hired out at the same time as and in connection with the letting of accommodation if that furniture has, before being so hired out, been hired out in connection with the letting of the same accommodation.]
(2) Furniture to which this regulation applies shall satisfy the requirements of regulations 5, 6 and [F38(1) and (2)] subject to the exceptions to those requirements for certain furniture specified in those regulations.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) below, no person shall supply any furniture to which this regulation applies in the period before 1st March 1993 unless:–
[F4(a)in the case of furniture to which regulation 3(1) of the Upholstered Furniture (Safety) Regulations 1980 as amended by the Upholstered Furniture (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1983 applied, any visible part of any cover on the furniture passes the cigarette test in Part I of Schedule 4 to these Regulations;] and
(b)there is attached to the furniture the display label specified in Schedule 8 to these Regulations so as to be clearly visible to anyone inspecting the furniture and to enable him to read both the front and the back of the label with as little difficulty as is reasonably practicable.
(4) The display label specified in Schedule 8 to these Regulations need not be attached to the furniture if the furniture meets all the requirements of these Regulations which would have had to be met if paragraph 2 of this regulation had been in force.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 14(1) inserted (1.3.1993) by The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/207), regs. 1, 2(a)
F2Reg. 14(1A) inserted (1.3.1993) by The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/207), regs. 1, 2(b)
F3Words in reg. 14(2) substituted (1.3.1990) by The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/2358), regs. 1(2), 8(1)
F4Reg. 14(3)(a) substituted (1.3.1990) by The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/2358), regs. 1(2), 8(2)
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I1Reg. 14(1)(3)(4) in force at 1.3.1990, see reg. 1(2)(k)
I2Reg. 14(2) in force at 1.3.1993, see reg. 1(2)(j)
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