Fire Precautions Act 1971

2 (1) In relation to a dwelling-house consisting of or comprised in premises—

(a) with respect to which there has been issued a fire certificate covering (in whatever terms) the use of the dwelling-house as a dwelling ; or

(b) which are the subject of an application for a fire certificate specifying as a use of the premises which it is desired to have covered by the certificate a use such that, if a certificate covering that use were issued, it would cover (in whatever terms) the use of the dwelling-house as a dwelling,

section 45 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Rent Act 1968 (which relate to certificates of fair rent) shall have effect as if in subsection (1)(a) of that section the reference to making improvements in the dwelling-house included a reference to taking in relation to the relevant building any steps mentioned in a notice served, in connection with the premises under section 5(4), 8(4) or (5) or 12(8)(b) of this Act; and any step mentioned in such a notice shall for the purposes of the said section 45 and Schedule 7, in their application to such a dwelling-house, be treated (whether or not apart from this paragraph it would be so treated) as an improvement.

(2) In this paragraph " dwelling-house " has the same meaning as in the Rent Act 1968.