- “(2B) No condition of a safety certificate shall require a person to contravene any provision of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or regulations made under it.”.
(3) In section 4 (amendment etc of certificate)—
- (a) after subsection (1) insert—
- “(1A) The local authority shall, if it appears to them that a safety certificate would require a person to contravene any provision of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or regulations made under it, amend the safety certificate by notice in writing to its holder; but nothing in this subsection shall be taken to require the local authority to take any action unless they are aware of any such inconsistency between a safety certificate and the Order.”;
- (b) in subsection (4) after “(1)(a)” insert “or (1A)”.
(4) After section 4 insert—
- “Safety certificates: fire safety
- 4A. A safety certificate has no effect to the extent that it would require a person to contravene any provision of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or regulations made under it.”.
(5) In section 9(1) (exclusion of other statutory requirements)—
- (a) in paragraph (c) for “sections 24 and 71” substitute “section 24”;
- (b) omit paragraph (d); and
- (c) in paragraph (e) for “those terms and conditions” substitute “the terms and conditions of the safety certificate”.
Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1975
11. Omit section 3 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1975(a)[1] (protection for fire brigade in respect of certain substances).
County of South Glamorgan Act 1976
12.—(1) The County of South Glamorgan Act 1976(b)[2] is amended as follows.
(2) In section 27 (safety of stands)—
- (a) in subsection (2) after the words “requirements which” insert “subject to subsection (2A),”; and
- (b) after subsection (2) insert—
- “(2A) No modification or requirement may be required under subsection (2) of this section in so far as it relates to any matter in relation to which requirements or prohibitions are or could be imposed by or under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.”.
(3) In section 51 (modification of section 60 of the Public Health Act 1936)—
- (a) in subsection (1)(b), omit paragraph (b) and the preceding “or” of the substituted subsection (4); and
- (b) omit subsection (3)(b) and the preceding “or”.
(4) Omit section 52 (firemen’s switches for luminous tube signs).
(5) In section 54(1) (byelaws with regard to certain temporary structures), after the words “Public Health Act 1961” insert “and provided that no byelaw may be made under this section in so far as it relates to any matter in relation to which requirements or prohibitions are or could be imposed by or under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005”.
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