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(1)This section applies to expenditure if a person carrying on a qualifying activity has incurred it in taking required fire precautions in respect of premises which he uses for the purposes of the qualifying activity.
(2)A person takes required fire precautions in respect of premises if—
(a)he has been served with a notice under section 5(4) of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 (c. 40) specifying steps to be taken in respect of the premises, and
(b)he takes the steps specified in the notice.
(3)A person also takes required fire precautions in respect of premises if—
(a)he has not been served with a notice by the fire authority under section 5(4) of the 1971 Act, but has been sent or given a document by or on behalf of the fire authority that specifies steps that might have been specified in respect of the premises in such a notice, and
(b)he takes the steps specified in the document.
(4)A person also takes required fire precautions in respect of premises if—
(a)he has been served with a prohibition notice under section 10 of the 1971 Act in respect of the premises specifying matters giving rise to a risk of a kind mentioned in subsection (2) of that section, and
(b)he takes steps to remedy the matters specified in the prohibition notice.
(5)This section has effect in relation to Northern Ireland subject to the modifications in subsection (6).
(6)The modifications are—
(a)for the references to section 5(4) of the 1971 Act substitute references to Article 26(4) of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I.1984/1821 (N.I.11)),
(b)for the reference to section 10 of the 1971 Act substitute a reference to Article 33 of the 1984 Order, and
(c)for the references to a fire authority substitute references to the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland.
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