FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 41 Means of escape in case of fire certification by fire authority.

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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 41

Means of escape in case of fire certification by fire authority.

41.(1) Subject to subsection (2), premises shall not be used as a factory to
which this section applies unless there is in force with respect to the
premises a certificate of the fire authority that the premises are provided
with such means of escape in case of fire for the persons employed in the
factory as may reasonably be required in the circumstances of the case.

(2) Where an application to certify any premises under this section is made in
the prescribed form to the fire authority and, if regulations made by
the Ministry so require, the application is accompanied by such plans as may
be prescribed in the regulations, subsection (1) shall not apply to the use of
the premises after the making of the application and before the grant or
refusal of the certificate.

(3) If any premises are used in contravention of this section the occupier
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred
pounds and, if the contravention is continued after conviction, he shall ...
be guilty of a further offence and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty
pounds for each day on which the contravention is so continued.

(4) Where on the making of an application for a certificate under this section
the fire authority [informs] the applicant that [it] will not grant the
certificate unless specified alterations are made to the premises [it] shall
specify the time within which the alterations are to be carried out and, if
the certificate is not granted it shall be deemed to have been refused at the
expiration of the time so specified or such further time as the authority may
have allowed.

(5) The fire authority shall examine every factory to which this section
applies and, on being satisfied that it is provided with such means of escape
as is mentioned in subsection (1), give a certificate under this section.

(6) The certificate shall specify precisely and in detail the means of escape
provided and shall contain particulars as to the maximum number of persons
employed or proposed to be employed in the factory as a whole and, if
the fire authority [thinks] fit, in any specified part thereof, and as to any
explosive or highly inflammable material stored or used and as to other
matters taken into account in granting the certificate.

(7) The certificate shall be attached by the occupier to the general register
and a copy of it shall be sent by the fire authority to the chief inspector.

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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 41