Derbyshire Act 1981

[jasper]

Does anyone have any information on this? I have looked in the RRO and thought this was one of the many Acts etc. that were removed but this has only been slightly amended. The reason I am asking is that a client has been asked for sprinklers in a basement car park that has adequate ventilation to easily comply with ADB but the fire officer and BC are asking for sprinklers under the Derbyshire Act - please help

[kurnal]

Jasper- phone me to discuss -I think I have a copy in the filing cabinet, can did it out and fax the relevant bits. Dont remember it covering car parks but theres not many of those in Derbys!
I think it mainly covers maximum  size of stacks of fleeces and access for firefighters to haystacks.

[kurnal]

Jaspers question has prompted me to take a look at the availability of information in respect of the local acts.

There are so many different local acts, theres little consistency between them  and finding the different requirements for each area is a nightmare.

Very few brigades have any information on their web sites, the acts themselves are copyright and google searches reveal no useful information. Its a nightmare trying to find ones way through.

Take West Mids for example- no fire safety enforcement advice on the website as far as I can see. Derbyshire
has a few lines.
Does anybody have any idea where a summary may be found showing what is covered in each area? To start it off, the following is pasted in from the Planning Portal website.

Appendix H - Local Acts
H.1 There are many Local Acts in operation in various areas in England and Wales and some of these include provisions requiring consultation with the fire authority. The local authority will advise where these Acts apply. Some of the provisions contained in these acts may have been subsumed into Part B of the Building Regulations.

H.2 Some Acts where fire-related provisions occur are listed below:

Berkshire Act 1986
Bournemouth Borough Council Act 1985
Cheshire County Council Act 1980
Clwyd County Council Act 1985
County of Avon Act 1982
County of Cleveland Act 1987
County of Kent Act 1981
County of South Glamorgan Act 1976
Cumbria Act 1982
Derbyshire Act 1981
Dyfed Act 1987
East Sussex Act 1981
Essex Act 1987
Greater Manchester Act 1981
Hampshire Act 1983
Hereford City Council Act 1985
Humberside Act 1982
Isle of Wight Act 1980
Leicestershire Act 1985
Merseyside Act 1980
Poole Borough Council Act 1986
South Yorkshire Act 1980
Staffordshire Act 1983
Surrey Act 1985
West Glamorgan Act 1987
West Midlands County Council Act 1980
West Yorkshire Act 1980
Worcester City Council Act 1985

H.3 In addition to these Acts, there are fire-related provisions in the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939, which applies in Inner London.

H.4 Typical fire-related provisions allow local authorities to impose conditions requiring access for the fire brigade, fire safety precautions in multi-storey car parks, fire precautions in tall buildings and large buildings used for trade or storage, and means of escape.

[wee brian]

There's a bloke called Pitt who wrote a book on local acts published by AJ. Its out of date now.

[kurnal]

How about setting up a database of local acts on this website- if we have sufficient members we could all report on the position in our own area that way it would not be too onerous?
I would be happy to provide details on the Derbyshire Act- what it covers etc - is anyone else interested in covering their patch?
What do you think Chris? Would that be possible?