The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Relevant Premises) Regulations 2005

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 352

FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES

The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Relevant Premises) Regulations 2005

Made

14th June 2005

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 78(8) of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 88(4) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Relevant Premises) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Amendment of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005

2.  In section 78(2) of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (premises which are not “relevant premises” for purposes of Part 3)–

(a) in paragraph (b) omit “construction sites,”; and

(b) omit paragraph (c).

HUGH HENRY

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

14th June 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations modify the definition of relevant premises in section 78 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 by deleting the reference to construction sites in subsection (2)(b) and deleting subsection (2)(c). The effect of this is that, subject to the provisions of section 78(3), (6) and (7) of the 2005 Act, construction sites and premises which on 1st July 1999 were of a description specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/2003) are relevant premises for the purposes of Part 3 of the 2005 Act.

(1)

2005 asp 5.