Part 3Fire safety
Chapter 1Fire safety duties
Duties
55Taking of measures under section 53 or 54: considerations
1
Subsection (2) applies where under section 53(2)(b) or (3)(b) or 54(2)(b) or (5)(b) a person is required to take any fire safety measures.
2
The person shall implement the fire safety measures on the basis of the considerations mentioned in subsection (3).
3
Those considerations are—
a
avoiding risks;
b
evaluating risks which cannot be avoided;
c
combating risks at source;
d
adapting to technical progress;
e
replacing the dangerous with the non-dangerous or the less dangerous;
f
developing a coherent overall fire prevention policy which covers technology, organisation of work and the influence of factors relating to the working environment;
g
giving collective fire safety protective measures priority over individual measures; and
h
giving appropriate instructions to employees.