Fire Safety Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Fire Prevention in Buildings
24. Emergency Response Plan
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, designate any premises or class of premises for which an emergency response plan shall be provided.
premises
“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built or not, whether public or private, and whether or not maintained under statutory authority;
Such emergency response plan shall conform to such requirements as may be prescribed in any regulations made under this Act, and such requirements may differ for different classes of premises.
The owner or occupier of the premises shall be responsible for the preparation and execution of the emergency response plan, including the distribution of the emergency response plan to the occupants of such premises.
occupier
“occupier”, in relation to any premises, means the person in occupation of the premises or having the charge, management or control thereof and, in relation to any part of any premises different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;
The owner or occupier of the premises shall organise and conduct evacuation drills on an annual basis or at such frequency or upon such occasion as may be directed by the Director.
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Any person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence.
Terms defined in s 2
occupier
Defined · s 2“occupier”, in relation to any premises, means the person in occupation of the premises or having the charge, management or control thereof and, in relation to any part of any premises different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built or not, whether public or private, and whether or not maintained under statutory authority;
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