Technical Booklet E Fire Safety·Page 10·32
Application and Interpretation - Regulation 32
Regulation 32 defines the scope of fire safety regulations, excluding prisons and places of lawful detention, and establishing when Regulation 37B applies to buildings.
32.—(1) Regulations 33 and 35(3) shall not apply to a prison within the meaning of the Prisons Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 or any other place of lawful detention.
(2) Regulation 37B applies when a building is—
(a) erected;
(b) formed by a material change of use; or
(c) altered and/or extended, only where regulation 37B has been applied to the building.
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