16. Power to enter premises, etc., up to 48 hours after fire

Terms defined in s 2

• Commissioner

  Commissioner

  Defined · s 2

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

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• fire forensic specialist

  fire forensic specialist

  Defined · s 2

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

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• Force

  Force

  Defined · s 2

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

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• member

  member

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

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• occupier

  occupier

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

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• premises

  premises

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  “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;

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• vessel

  vessel

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  “vessel” includes —(a)any ship or boat or air-cushioned vehicle; and(b)any rig or platform, whether floating at sea or fixed to the sea bed, used in any form of operations at sea.

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