The Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984

PART IN.I.INTRODUCTORY

Title and commencementN.I.

1.  F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

InterpretationN.I.

2.  F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART IIN.I.FIRE SERVICES

The Fire Authority for Northern IrelandN.I.

The Fire Authority for Northern IrelandN.I.

3.  F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Duties of the AuthorityN.I.

4.  F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers of the AuthorityN.I.

5.  F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fire-hydrantsN.I.

6.  F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Water suppliesN.I.

7.  F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Application of certain provisions of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972N.I.

8.  F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Administration and financeN.I.

Establishment schemeN.I.

9.  F9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PensionsN.I.

F1010.  �??

(1) The Department, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, may by order provide�??

(a)for the establishment and maintenance of one or more pension schemes for the purpose of providing pensions and other similar benefits in respect of the service of members of the fire brigade employed by the Authority;

(b)for the payment of contributions by the Authority or by members of the fire brigade, or both by the Authority and the members of the fire brigade;

(c)for securing that service with any body other than the Authority may, in such cases, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order, be reckoned for superannuation purposes; and

(d)for reckoning for superannuation purposes, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order, of service occurring before 14th February 1950, as well as of service occurring thereafter.

(2) The Department may by order apply, subject to such modifications and conditions as may be specified in the order and as from such date as may be so specified, as respects employees (other than members of the fire brigade) of the Authority the provisions of any statutory provision for the time being in force relating to the pensions payable to or in respect of employees of district councils.

(3) An order made under this Article may provide for�??

(a)the making as a condition precedent to the reckoning under paragraph (1) (c) of service with a body other than the Authority of�??

(i)payments (whether in the form of repayments of contributions, payments of accrued superannuation values or any other payment of whatsoever nature directed to the creation or preservation of pension rights of the person concerned) by any former employer of the person concerned or out of any superannuation fund relevant to that person's former employment;

(ii)where the person concerned has received any payment in respect of his pension rights upon ceasing to be employed in his former employment, payments by that person equal to all or any of the amounts so received;

(b)in the case of a person who having ceased to be in the employment of the Authority has entered the employment of another person, the making of payments by the Authority corresponding to any payments such as are described in sub-paragraph (a) (i);

(c)pensions and other superannuation benefits which are being paid or may become payable to or in respect of such persons as are specified in the order being persons who before the date so specified died or ceased to serve in the employment, service in which qualified them for those pensions or superannuation benefits;

and any former employer such as is referred to in sub-paragraph (a) (i) and the person having charge of any superannuation fund such as is so referred to shall have power to make the payments mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) (i) if, apart from the provisions of this paragraph, they would not have power to do so.

(4) An order under this Article may be framed so as to have effect as from a date earlier than the making of the order and section 18 (2) of the Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1962F11 shall not apply to any such order.

(5) [F12Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), an order made under that paragraph may make provision�??]

[F12(a)] where a person, immediately before he undertakes service of a description specified in Schedule 1 to the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951F13 or attends for hourly instruction as defined in section 42 of that Act, is a member of the fire brigade, for treating the period of such service or instruction and such further period, if any, as may be specified in the order, on such conditions, if any, as may be so specified, as service in the employment of the Authority.

[F12(b)for the manner in which any question arising under the order is to be determined and for appeals from determinations of any such question.]

Expenditure by the AuthorityN.I.

11.  F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F15Accounts and auditN.I.

12.  F16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Estimates of the Authority's receipts and paymentsN.I.

13.  F17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Payments to the AuthorityN.I.

14.  F18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Borrowing powersN.I.

15.  F19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Annual reportN.I.

16.  F20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Insurance by the Authority against accidents to its membersN.I.

17.  F21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Owners, occupiers, etc., not to pay for fire servicesN.I.

18.  F22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MiscellaneousN.I.

Power to extinguish fires, etc.N.I.

19.  F23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

False alarmsN.I.

20.  F24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART IIIN.I.FIRE PRECAUTIONS

Premises for which fire certificates are requiredN.I.

InterpretationN.I.

21.  F25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uses of premises for which fire certificate is compulsoryN.I.

22.  F26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Premises exempt from Article 22N.I.

23.  F27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to make fire certificate compulsory for use of premises as dwelling etc.N.I.

24.  F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Right of appeal against, and coming into force of, notices under Article 24N.I.

25.  F29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fire certificatesN.I.

Application for, and issue of, fire certificateN.I.

26.  F30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F31Powers for the Authority to grant exemption in particular casesN.I.

26A.  F32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F33Withdrawal of exemptions under Article 26AN.I.

26B.  F34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Contents of fire certificateN.I.

27.  F35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences in relation to foregoing provisionsN.I.

28.  F36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Change of conditions affecting adequacy of certain matters specified in fire certificate, etc.N.I.

29.  F37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F38Change of conditions affecting premises for which exemption has been grantedN.I.

29A.  F39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F40Charges for issue or amendment of fire certificatesN.I.

29B.  F41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Right of appeal as regards matters arising out of Articles 26 to 29N.I.

30.  F42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F43Duty as to means of escape and for fighting fireN.I.

31.  F44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F45Codes of practice as to means of escape and for fighting fireN.I.

31A.  F46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F47Legal effect of codes of practiceN.I.

31B.  F48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F49Improvement noticesN.I.

31C.  F50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F51Rights of appeal against improvement noticesN.I.

31D.  F52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F53Provision as to offencesN.I.

31E.  F54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Means of escape from fire in hotels and boarding housesN.I.

32.  F55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Premises involving excessive fire riskN.I.

[F56Special procedure in case of serious risk: prohibition noticesN.I.

33.  F57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F58Rights of appeal against prohibition noticesN.I.

33A.  F59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F60Provision as to offencesN.I.

33B.  F61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Regulations about fire precautionsN.I.

Power to make regulations about fire precautionsN.I.

34.  F62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exercise of certain powers of Authority where building regulations as to means of escape applyN.I.

35.  F63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consultation between the Authority and other authoritiesN.I.

District councils to consult Authority before dispensing with or relaxing certain requirements of building regulationsN.I.

36.  F64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

District councils to consult Authority in certain cases before passing plansN.I.

37.  F65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Authority to consult other authorities before requiring alterations to buildingsN.I.

38.  F66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EnforcementN.I.

Enforcement of this PartN.I.

39.  F67. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers of authorised members of the fire brigadeN.I.

40.  F68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Restriction on disclosure of informationN.I.

41.  F69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences, penalties and legal proceedingsN.I.

Falsification of documents, false statements, etc.N.I.

42.  F70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences due to fault of other personN.I.

43.  F71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Defence available to persons charged with offencesN.I.

44.  F72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F73Civil and other liabilityN.I.

44A.  F74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Power where notice under Article 24 in force, to modify agreements, etc.N.I.

45.  F75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SupplementalN.I.

Suspension of terms and conditions of licences dealing with same matters as fire certificates or regulationsN.I.

46.  F76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Modification of application of this Part to factory, office and shop premisesN.I.

47.  F77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to apply this Part to vessels and movable structuresN.I.

48.  F78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Application of this Part to Crown, etc.N.I.

49.  F79. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART IVN.I.FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT

[F80Functions of the DepartmentN.I.

49A.  F81. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

InspectorsN.I.

50.  F82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Inquiries and default powersN.I.

51.  F83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART VN.I.MISCELLANEOUS

Orders and regulationsN.I.

52.  F84. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendments, savings, transitional provisions and repealsN.I.

53.  F85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .