Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008
sec.81Relevant former instructions may be given instead of first-response evacuation instructions
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sec.81 Relevant former instructions may be given instead of first-response evacuation instructions
This section applies to the occupier of the building for giving a person first-response evacuation instructions for the building under section 32(2) or 36(2) or (4). The occupier may give the person relevant former instructions for the building under section 32(2) or 36(2) or (4) instead of the first-response evacuation instructions. If, under subsection (2), the occupier gives a person relevant former instructions for the building the occupier is taken to have given the person first-response evacuation instructions for the building on the day the relevant former instructions were given. Subsection (2) stops applying 1 year after the commencement. In this section— relevant former instructions , for a building, means instructions relating to the building about the matters mentioned in section 11(2)(c) of the repealed regulation. (sec.81-ssec.1) This section applies to the occupier of the building for giving a person first-response evacuation instructions for the building under section 32(2) or 36(2) or (4). (sec.81-ssec.2) The occupier may give the person relevant former instructions for the building under section 32(2) or 36(2) or (4) instead of the first-response evacuation instructions. (sec.81-ssec.3) If, under subsection (2), the occupier gives a person relevant former instructions for the building the occupier is taken to have given the person first-response evacuation instructions for the building on the day the relevant former instructions were given. (sec.81-ssec.4) Subsection (2) stops applying 1 year after the commencement. (sec.81-ssec.5) In this section— relevant former instructions , for a building, means instructions relating to the building about the matters mentioned in section 11(2)(c) of the repealed regulation.