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Owner or occupiers liability to provide fire prevention and life safety measures
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Fire and Emergency Service Regulation, 2026General202668 sections10 chapters
Chapter V GENERAL MEASURES FOR FIRE PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY LIFE SAFETY MEASURES
Statutory text
- (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the bye-law and any other law for the time being in force in the Union territory, the owner or the occupier, who are either individually or jointly responsible, of a building or part thereof as specified in this Regulation, shall ensure and provide fire prevention and life safety measures therein: Provided that the owner or the occupier, as the case may be, shall—
- (i) provide firefighting and life safety measures;
- (ii) maintain the fire prevention and life safety measures in operational condition at all times.
- (2) Any person proposing to construct a building as mentioned in clauses (a) and (b) of this sub-section or pursuant to the rules made in this behalf, shall apply for approval of the fire and life safety measure along with the building plan to the Nominated Authority in this behalf, in such form along with such fee as may be prescribed, in case of—
- (a) multi-storied buildings having more than fifteen-metre height;
- (b) special buildings including—
- (i) hotel or resort or eating houses, apartment exceeding 500 square metres of floor area on adding area of all floors, educational, assembly, institutional, business, mercantile, hazardous industry or factory, storage;
- (ii) mixed occupancies, where any of above buildings have floor area more than 500 square metres on adding area of all floors.
- (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force in the Union territory, no authority shall issue the occupancy certificate, unless it is satisfied that the owner or occupier, either individually or jointly, has complied with the provisions as provided in sub-section (2).
- (4) Without prejudice to the existing Building bye-laws applicable and enforcement of bye-laws by the local authority, the owner or occupier, as the case may be, shall obtain “fire safety certificate” from the Fire and Emergency Service for the buildings mentioned in sub-section (2), which shall be valid for five years from the date of issue of such certificate.
- (5) The owner or occupier, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Qualified Agency or Nominated Authority, a self-certified certificate in such form as may be prescribed, regarding the compliance of the fire prevention and life safety measures in his building or part thereof, as required by or under the provisions of this Regulation while applying for fire safety certificate.
- (6) The owner or occupier, after receipt of fire safety certificate, shall furnish a certificate in such form as may be prescribed, once a year in the month of July regarding the maintenance of fire protection system in good and efficient condition as provided in sub-section (1).
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