Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

No. S 154

Fire Safety Act

(Chapter 109A)

Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(1)(a) of the Fire Safety Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 13th April 2007.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) Regulations (Rg 3) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “Fire Code”, the following definition:

“ “Arson Prevention Plan”, in relation to any specified premises, means a plan which contains information on the preventive measures which are to be adopted in the specified premises to safeguard against arson and such other threats which could result in fire;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Fire Command Centre”, the following definitions:

“ “Fire Emergency Plan” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Fire Safety (Fire Emergency Plan) Regulations (Rg 4);

“Fire Safety Committee” means the Fire Safety Committee formed under regulation 3(c) of the Fire Safety (Fire Emergency Plan) Regulations;”; and

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “specified premises” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “Table-Top Exercises” means the planning exercises conducted by the Fire Safety Committee on the possible emergency scenarios which may occur in —

(a)	the premises which are the subject of an Arson Prevention Plan; or
(b)	the premises or class of premises designated by the Minister under section 21(1) of the Act which are the subject of a Fire Emergency Plan.”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “44 days” in paragraph (f) and substituting the words “14 days”.

Amendment of regulation 7

4. Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (j), the following paragraphs:

“(ja)	conduct at least 2 Table-Top Exercises within the premises each year and to evaluate, together with the Fire Safety Committee, the effectiveness of the Arson Prevention Plan and the Fire Emergency Plan for those premises;
(jb)	prepare and implement the Arson Prevention Plan for the premises;
(jc)	notify the Commissioner immediately upon the occurrence of any fire incident in the premises;”.

Amendment of regulation 8

5. Regulation 8 (2) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (e), the following sub-paragraphs:

“(ea)	the number of Table-Top Exercises conducted within the premises over the preceding 12 months and the effectiveness of the Arson Prevention Plan and the Fire Emergency Plan for those premises;
(eb)	the status of the implementation of the Arson Prevention Plan for those premises;”.

Transitional provision

6. Regulation 3 shall not apply in the case where a fire safety manager appointed by the owner or occupier of specified premises is terminated before the date of commencement of the Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

Made this 10th day of April 2007.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/030; AG/LEG/SL/109A/2002/2 Vol. 1]

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