Appendix G
Further letter from the Clerk of the Committee
to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
The Committee has asked me to seek further information
from the Department relating to the proposed revocation of the
Fire Safety (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989 and
other matters relating to regulations made under section 12 of
the Fire Precautions Act 1971 ("the 1971 Act"). The
Committee's questions are as follows:
Q 48 What plans does the Department have to
make regulations under article 24 of the draft Order to provide
for fire safety in sub-surface railway stations?
Q 49 If such regulations are to be introduced,
to what extent will they replicate the existing Fire Safety (Sub-surface
Railway Stations) Regulations 1989? If they are to vary substantially
from the 1989 Regulations, please explain the reason why.
Q 50 How are the recommendations of the Fennell
Report into the King's Cross Underground Fire of November 1988
to be continued under the proposed Order?
Q 51 What other regulations made under section
12 of the 1971 Act are to be revoked by the proposed Order? To
what extent is it proposed to make identical provision by regulations
under article 24 of the proposed Order? If the provisions are
not to be repeated, or are to be varied, please state the reason
why.
Q 52 Section 3 of the Fire Precautions Act
1971 has never been commenced. What other legislative provisions
in the legislation to be repealed or revoked are not presently
in force?
I would be grateful to receive your response to the
above questions not later than Wednesday 14 July.
13 July 2004
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