sec.148PRegulations relating to this part

sec.148P Regulations relating to this part

The power of the Governor in Council to make regulations under section 154E includes the power to make regulations for or with respect to any of the following— the maintenance free from obstruction of adequate means of escape in the event of fire threatening any part of a building or in a hazardous materials emergency; the maintenance of fire safety installations in buildings including authorisation of the removal, replacement or substitution of any fire safety installation; regulating the installation and maintenance of smoke alarms; regulating the presence or use within buildings of furniture, furnishings, fittings, equipment, paints or finishes of any description in order to reduce the risk of fire; requiring the maintenance of fire and evacuation plans in a specified form— setting forth the action to be taken in the event of fire threatening a building or in a hazardous materials emergency; imposing obligations to provide instructions in preparation for the event of fire or in a hazardous materials emergency or to take specified action in the event of fire threatening a building or in a hazardous materials emergency; requiring a fire and evacuation plan or class of such a plan to be approved by the commissioner; requiring instruction or training of persons visiting, working in or inhabiting a building in relation to fire prevention and fire safety generally or hazardous materials emergencies; imposing obligations to take specified action in the event of fire threatening a building or in a hazardous materials emergency; regulating the numbers of persons using a building at any one time; requiring the stationing of persons at places within a building under specified circumstances; the prevention, control or extinguishing of fires in buildings generally; matters necessary to protect persons, property and the environment from fire and hazardous materials emergencies; applying the provisions of this part, with adaptations or modifications, to any premises or class of premises other than buildings; imposing obligations for the purpose of the regulations not only upon occupiers of buildings but also other persons where necessary or convenient. s 148P (prev s 104S) ins 1991 No. 51 s 3 0.18 amd 1996 No. 42 s 21 sch 2 ; 2001 No. 76 s 24 (1) ; 2006 No. 49 s 38 ; 2023 No. 7 s 68 s ch 1 pt 1 ; 2024 No. 22 s 55 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 56 (2)

• (a) the maintenance free from obstruction of adequate means of escape in the event of fire threatening any part of a building or in a hazardous materials emergency;
• (b) the maintenance of fire safety installations in buildings including authorisation of the removal, replacement or substitution of any fire safety installation;
• (ba) regulating the installation and maintenance of smoke alarms;
• (c) regulating the presence or use within buildings of furniture, furnishings, fittings, equipment, paints or finishes of any description in order to reduce the risk of fire;