LegalizeThe Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1987
Made: 6th October 1987
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 50(2) of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987[^f00001], I hereby make the following Order:
1
This Order may be cited as the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1987.
2
The provisions of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st January 1988.
SCHEDULE — PROVISIONS OF THE FIRE SAFETY AND SAFETY OF PLACES OF SPORT ACT 1987 COMING INTO FORCE ON 1st JANUARY 1988
| Provisions of the Act | Subject matter of provisions |
|---|---|
| In Part I: | |
| Section 3 | Charges for fire certification work |
| Section 4 | Means of escape: scope of regulation |
| Section 8 | Duties as regards safety pending determination of applications for fire certificates |
| Section 9 | Special procedure in case of serious risk: prohibition notices |
| Section 11 | Disclosure of information obtained in premises |
| Section 12 | Civil and other liability |
| Section 13 | Removal of exemption for premises used for public religious worship |
| Section 14 | Breaches of fire certificate requirements: restriction of defence |
| In section 16, subsection (1), subsection (2) to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions of Schedule 1 specified in this Schedule, and subsection (3) | Special provision for certain premises |
| Section 17 | Extension of power to apply the Fire Precautions Act 1971[^f00002] |
| In section 18, so much of subsections (1), (2) and (3) as amends section 40 of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 by providing— that in subsection (1)(a) of that section after “4” there shall be inserted “5(2A)”; and that in subsection (1)(b) of that section after “8” there shall be inserted “8B” and after “10” there shall be inserted “10B” | Application to the Crown |
| Part II | Safety of sports grounds |
| In Part V: | |
| Section 46 | Entertainment licences: fees for variation |
| Section 49, to the extent necessary to give effect to such of the repeals in Schedule 4 and provisions of Schedule 5 as are specified in this Schedule and the Appendix to this Schedule | Repeals and transitional and saving provisions |
| In section 50, subsections (1), (2) and (3) and so much of subsections (4) to (7) as has effect in relation to Part II of the Act | Short title, commencement and extent |
| In Schedule 1, Part I of Schedule 2 to the Fire Precautions Act 1971 and, in Part II of Schedule 2 to that Act, in paragraph 3, sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) and so much of sub-paragraph (3) as has effect in relation to the referencesto the occupier in sections 5(2A), 7(3A), 7(4) and 8B(1) of that Act | Fire precautions: special provision for certain premises |
| Schedule 2 | Extension of application of Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975[^f00003] to sports grounds |
| In Schedule 4, so much of the entries as is specified in the Appendix to this Schedule | Repeals |
| In Schedule 5, paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 | Transitional and saving provisions |
Signed
Douglas Hurd — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office — 6th October 1987
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st January 1988 the provisions of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 specified in the Schedule to the Order.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1987 c. 27.
[^f00002]: 1971 c. 40.
[^f00003]: 1975 c. 52.
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