On 21/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 21/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 21/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 12/04/2004.
2. Section 2(1) of the Fire Safety Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
(a)
by inserting, immediately before the definition of “building”, the following definition:
“ “alternative solution”, in relation to any fire safety works, means an engineering solution for the fire safety works to satisfy any fire performance requirements in the Fire Code, being a solution that is based on —
(a)
a deterministic or probabilistic analysis of fire scenarios or both types of analysis; or
(b)
a quantitative or qualitative assessment of design alternatives or both against the fire performance requirements in the Fire Code,
using engineering tools, methodologies and performance criteria as may be acceptable to the Commissioner, but does not include engineered smoke control systems where the usage and design are in accordance with the Fire Code;”;
(b)
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Commissioner”, the following definition:
“ “Fire Code” means the Code of Practice for Fire Precautions in Buildings published by the Commissioner as amended or remade from time to time, and includes any code, standard, rule, specification or provision adopted by the Commissioner under section 55 in lieu of the Fire Code;”;
(c)
by deleting the words “any place of public resort” in paragraph (b) of the definition of “fire hazard” and substituting the words “any public building or any building used occasionally or regularly for public worship or religious ceremonies”;
(d)
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “fire hazard abatement notice”, the following definition:
“ “fire performance requirements” means the objectives specified in the Fire Code in respect of fire safety works;”;
(e)
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “fire protection works”, the following definition:
“ “fire safety engineer” means a person who is registered as a fire safety engineer under this Act;”;
(f)
by deleting the definition of “place of public resort” and substituting the following definition:
“ “peer reviewer” means a fire safety engineer who is appointed to review and assess whether any alternative solution in plans for any fire safety works that is prepared or proposed by another person satisfies any fire performance requirements;”; and
(g)
by deleting the definition of “public building” and substituting the following definition:
“ “public building” means a building or part of a building —
(a)
used as a hospital or a nursing home;
(b)
used ordinarily or occasionally to provide residential care to aged persons or child care for groups of children;
(c)
used wholly or mainly as or in connection with a hotel, shop or restaurant; or
(d)
where the public or any part thereof or numbers of persons occasionally or regularly assemble for —
(i)
civic or social (but not religious or educational) purposes;
(ii)
entertainment, recreational or sporting purposes; or
(iii)
business purposes;”.