“fire inspector” means an inspector or assistant inspector appointed under section 28 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;
“general fire precautions” has the meaning given by article 4;
“hazard”, in relation to a dangerous substance, means the physico-chemical or chemical property of that substance which has the potential to give rise to fire affecting the safety of a person, and references in this Order to “hazardous” are to be construed accordingly;
“inspector” means an inspector appointed under article 26 or a fire inspector;
“licensing authority” has the meaning given by article 42(3);
“normal ship-board activities” include the repair of a ship, save repair when carried out in dry dock;
“owner” means the person for the time being receiving the rackrent of the premises in connection with which the word is used, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for another person, or who would so receive the rackrent if the premises were let at a rackrent;
“personal protective equipment” means all equipment which is intended to be worn or held by a person in or on premises and which protects that person against one or more risks to his safety, and any addition or accessory designed to meet that objective;
“place of safety” in relation to premises, means a safe area beyond the premises.
“premises” includes any place and, in particular, includes—
- (a) any workplace;
- (b) any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft;
- (c) any installation on land (including the foreshore and other land intermittently covered by water), and any other installation (whether floating, or resting on the seabed or the subsoil thereof, or resting on other land covered with water or the subsoil thereof); and
- (d) any tent or movable structure;
“preparation” means a mixture or solution of two or more substances;
“preventive and protective measures” means the measures which have been identified by the responsible person in consequence of a risk assessment as the general fire precautions he needs to take to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed on him by or under this Order;
“prohibition notice” has the meaning given by article 31;
“public road” means a highway maintainable at public expense within the meaning of section 329 of the Highways Act 1980(a)[1];
“rackrent” in relation to premises, means a rent that is not less than two-thirds of the rent at which the property might reasonably be expected to be let from year to year, free from all usual tenant’s rates and taxes, and deducting from it the probable average cost of the repairs, insurance and other expenses (if any) necessary to maintain the property in a state to command such rent;
“the relevant local authority”, in relation to premises, means—
- (a) if the premises are in Greater London but are not in the City of London, the London Borough in the area of which the premises are situated;
- (b) if the premises are in the City of London, the Common Council of the City of London;
- (c) if the premises are in England in a metropolitan county, the district council in the area of which the premises are situated;
- (d) if the premises are in England but are not in Greater London or a metropolitan county—
- (i) the county council in the area of which the premises are situated; or
- ↑ (a) 1980 c. 66.
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