Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Emergency Response Plan) Notification 2013

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 29 Aug 2013

No. S 538

Fire Safety Act

(CHAPTER 109A)

Fire Safety
(Premises Requiring Emergency Response Plan)
Notification 2013

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(1) of the Fire Safety Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification may be cited as the Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Emergency Response Plan) Notification 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2013.

Definitions

2. In this Notification —

“certificate of statutory completion” means a certificate of statutory completion issued under the Building Control Act (Cap. 29), and includes a certificate of fitness for occupation issued under the repealed Building Control Act (Cap. 29, 1985 Ed.);

“industrial purposes” means uses within Use Class VII, VIII or IX as specified in the Schedule to the Planning (Use Classes) Rules (Cap. 232, R 2);

“temporary occupation permit” means a temporary occupation permit issued under the Building Control Act.

Premises requiring Emergency Response Plan

3. The following premises are designated to be premises in respect of which an Emergency Response Plan must be provided in accordance with section 21(1) of the Act:

(a)

any public building in respect of which a fire certificate under section 20(2) of the Act or a public building certificate under regulation 3(6) of the revoked Building Control (Public Building) Regulations (Cap. 29, Rg 11, 1990 Ed.) is issued;

(b)

any premises used for industrial purposes and in respect of which is issued a certificate of statutory completion or a temporary occupation permit, and that —

(i)	has a floor area or site area of 5,000 square metres or more; or
(ii)	has an occupant load of 1,000 persons or more.

Cancellation

4. The Fire Safety (Designation of Premises Requiring Fire Emergency Plan) Notification (N 2) is cancelled.

Made this 23rd day of August 2013.

TAN TEE HOW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/030; AG/LLRD/SL/109A/2010/8 Vol. 1]

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