Singapore legislation

Clause 17

of Fire Safety (Amendment) Bill

Clause 17

Amendment of section 21

Section 21 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “a fire emergency plan” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “an Emergency Response Plan”;

(b)

by deleting the word “plan” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “Emergency Response Plan”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “Act” in subsection (2), the words “, and such requirements may differ for different classes of premises”;

(d)

by deleting the words “fire emergency plan” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “Emergency Response Plan”;

(e)

by deleting the words “the emergency plan” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “the Emergency Response Plan”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsection:“(6) Unless otherwise prescribed under this Act, this Act shall apply to a fire emergency plan prepared before the date of commencement of section 17 of the Fire Safety (Amendment) Act 2013 in like manner as it applies to an Emergency Response Plan.”; and

(g)

by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“Emergency Response Plan”.

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