Part 1

Housing conditions
Chapter 5

General and miscellaneous provisions relating to enforcement action

Repeals

Miscellaneous repeals etc. in relation to fire hazards
53
1
In the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii)—
a
omit section 35(1)(c)(i) (protection against fire in certain old buildings let in flats or tenements);
b
in section 36(1) (projecting shops in which persons are employed or sleep) omit “or sleep”; and
c
in section 37(1) (means of access to roofs), in paragraph (b) for the words from “except” onwards substitute “ except to the extent that it is occupied for residential purposes; ”.
2
In the County of Merseyside Act 1980 (c. x) omit section 48 (means of escape from fire) and section 49(1) and (2) (maintenance of means of escape from fire).
3
In the Building Act 1984 (c. 55) omit section 72(6)(a) (means of escape from fire in case of certain buildings let in flats or tenements).
4
In the Leicestershire Act 1985 (c. xvii) omit section 54(6)(a) (means of escape from fire in case of certain buildings used as flats or tenements).
S. 53 partly in force; s. 53 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 270(4)(5); s. 53 in force for E. at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1068, art. 2(a)