Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21)

Part 2 E+W Functions of fire and rescue authorities

Supplementary E+W

[F1 18C Cases where a charge may be made for responding to report of fire etc E+W

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 18B(3).

(2) This section applies to a report of fire, or explosion, at sea or under the sea.

(3) This section applies to a report of fire if—

(a) the report is of fire at premises that are not domestic premises,

(b) the report is false,

(c) the report is made as a direct or indirect result of warning equipment having malfunctioned or been misinstalled, and

(d) there is a persistent problem with false reports of fire at the premises that are made as a direct or indirect result of warning equipment under common control having malfunctioned or been misinstalled.

(4) The references in subsection (2) to “sea” are not restricted to the territorial sea of the United Kingdom.

(5) In subsection (3)—

• “ domestic premises ” means premises occupied as a private dwelling (including any garden, yard, garage, outhouse or other appurtenance of such premises which is not used in common by the occupants of more than one such dwelling);

• “ warning equipment ” means equipment installed for the purpose of—

  (a)

  detecting fire, or

  (b)

  raising the alarm, or enabling the alarm to be raised, in the event of fire.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 18A-18C inserted (18.2.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) ss. 10(2), 240(4)(f) (with s. 10(5)); S.I. 2012/411, art. 2(d); S.I. 2012/887, art. 2(f)