Part IV
(3) In section 2 (premises exempt from section 1), paragraphs (a) to (c) (which exempt certain premises covered by the 1963 c. 41.
1961 c. 34.
1954 c. 70.Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963, the Factories Act 1961 or the Mines and Quarries Act 1954) shall cease to have effect.
(4) After section 9 there shall be inserted as section 9A—
- “Duty to provide certain premises with means of escape in case of fire.
- 9A.—(1) All premises to which this section applies shall be provided with such means of escape in case of fire for the persons employed to work therein as may reasonably be required in the circumstances of the case.
- (2) The premises to which this section applies are—
- (a) office premises, shop premises and railway premises to which the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 applies; and
- (b) premises which are deemed to be such premises for the purposes of that Act, being (in each case) premises in which persons are employed to work.
- (3) In determining, for the purposes of this section. what means of escape may reasonably be required in the case of any premises, regard shall be had (amongst other things) not only to the number of persons who may be expected to be working in the premises at any time but also to the number of persons (other than those employed to work therein) who may reasonably be expected to be resorting to the premises at that time.
- (4) In the event of a contravention of subsection (1) above the occupier of the premises shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400.”
(5) In section 12(1) (power to make regulations about fire precautions as regards certain premises), at the end there shall be added the words “and nothing in this section shall confer on the Secretary of State power to make provision with respect to the taking or observance of special precautions in connection with the carrying on of any manufacturing process.”
(6) In section 17 (duty of fire authorities to consult other authorities before requiring alterations to buildings)—
- (a) in subsection (1), the word “and” shall be omitted where last occurring in paragraph (i) and shall be added at the end of paragraph (ii), and after paragraph
