Section 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“alternative solution”, in relation to any fire safety works, means an engineering solution for the fire safety works to satisfy any fire performance requirements in the Fire Code, being a solution that is based on —

“authorised officer”, in relation to any power conferred or duties imposed on the Commissioner by or under this Act, means a person authorised under section 3 to exercise that power or to carry out that duty;

“building” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act 1989;

“building works” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act 1989;

“class of petroleum” means any petroleum prescribed to be a class of petroleum for the purposes of this Act;

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Civil Defence appointed under section 6 of the Civil Defence Act 1986;

“Fire Code” means the Code of Practice for Fire Precautions in Buildings published by the Commissioner on the website maintained by the Force, as amended or remade from time to time, and includes any code, standard, rule, specification or provision adopted under section 106;

“fire forensic specialist” means an individual who is appointed under section 20 as a fire forensic specialist;

“fire hazard” means any matter or circumstance which materially increases the likelihood of fire or the danger to life or property that would result from the outbreak of fire and includes —

“fire hazard abatement notice” means a written notice issued by the Commissioner under section 28(1);

“fire performance requirements” means the objectives specified in the Fire Code in respect of fire safety works;

“fire protection system” includes any installation, equipment or works manufactured, used or designed to be used for the purposes of —

“fire protection works” means the provision, extension or alteration of any fire protection system;

“fire safety engineer” means a person who is registered as a fire safety engineer under this Act;

“fire safety measures” includes any installation, equipment or works manufactured, used or designed to be used for the purposes of —

“fire safety works” means —

“flammable material” means any substance prescribed to be a flammable material for the purposes of this Act;

“Force” has the meaning given by the Civil Defence Act 1986;

“install”, in relation to a regulated fire safety product, includes the use of the regulated fire safety product in the construction of a building;

“member” has the meaning given by the Civil Defence Act 1986 and includes any public officer serving in the Force as engineering or technical staff;

“occupier”, in relation to any premises, means the person in occupation of the premises or having the charge, management or control thereof and, in relation to any part of any premises different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;

“officer” has the meaning given by the Civil Defence Act 1986 and includes any public officer serving in the Force as engineering or technical officer;

“owner” —

“peer reviewer” means a fire safety engineer who is appointed to review and assess whether any alternative solution in plans for any fire safety works that is prepared or proposed by another person satisfies any fire performance requirements;

“petroleum” includes crude petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas and other naturally occurring hydrocarbon liquid derived from crude petroleum, coal, shale, peat or other bituminous substances;

“pipeline” includes any section of a pipeline;

“pipeline owner”, in relation to any section of a relevant pipeline, means —

“piperack” means a multi-tiered rack supporting one or more pipelines above the ground;

“pipetrack” means an area where one or more pipelines are supported on sleepers on the ground;

“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built or not, whether public or private, and whether or not maintained under statutory authority;

“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but does not include a Town Council;

“public building” means a building to which the public or a section of the public has access as of right, or by virtue of express or implied permission with or without payment of a fee;

“qualified person” means a person who is registered as —

“register of registered inspectors” means the register kept and maintained under section 5(1);

“registered inspector” means a person who is registered as a registered inspector under section 6;

“regulated fire safety product” means any material or product prescribed under section 113(1) to be such;

“relevant pipeline” means a pipeline used, or to be used, for the conveyance of any class of petroleum or any flammable material, and includes the piperack or pipetrack (if any) for the management of the pipeline but does not include such a pipeline located in licensed premises;

“relevant pipeline works” means the construction, alteration or repair of a relevant pipeline commenced or carried out on or after 1 September 2013;

“relevant works” means —

“specified fire hazard”, in relation to a building, means —

“street” has the meaning given by the Street Works Act 1995;

“vessel” includes —

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to premises or building includes a reference to a part of such premises or building, as the case may be.

For the purposes of the definition of “pipeline owner” in subsection (1), the owner of the land on which any piperack, pipetrack or pipeline is located is not to be regarded as the person who owns or leases the piperack, pipetrack or pipeline (as the case may be) by reason only that the piperack, pipetrack or pipeline is a fixture annexed to that land.

Where —