Fire Safety Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Fire Prevention in Buildings
37. Emergency Response Plan
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The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, designate any premises or class of premises for which an Emergency Response Plan must be provided.
premises
“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;
Such Emergency Response Plan must conform to such requirements as may be prescribed in any regulations made under this Act, and such requirements may differ for different classes of premises.
The owner or occupier of the premises is responsible for the preparation and execution of the Emergency Response Plan, including the distribution of the Emergency Response Plan to the occupants of such premises.
occupier
“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;
The owner or occupier of the premises must organise and conduct evacuation drills on an annual basis or at such frequency or upon such occasion as may be directed by the Commissioner.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Civil Defence appointed under section 6 of the Civil Defence Act 1986;
The Commissioner may direct the owner or occupier of the premises to do any of the following:
implement fire safety programmes for occupants of the premises, within the time specified in the direction;
maintain records of fire safety programmes conducted for the premises, for the period specified in the direction.
Any person who contravenes subsection (2), (3) or (4), or who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a direction of the Commissioner under subsection (5), shall be guilty of an offence.
Unless otherwise prescribed under this Act, this Act applies to a fire emergency plan prepared before 1 September 2013 in like manner as it applies to an Emergency Response Plan.[21