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MR HENDERSON WENT ON TO SAY THAT FOUR OTHER NEW REGULATIONS PROVIDE FOR THE SAFE STORAGE OF INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES, THE PREVENTION OF NAKED FLAMES FROM IGNITING INFLAMMABLE VAPOURS OR SUBSTANCES AND FOR THE PREVENTION OF ESCAPE OF INFLAMMABLE VAPOURS. THEY COVER AREAS WHICH AT PRESENT ARE DEALT WITH BY STANDARD REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN NOTICES ISSUED TO REGISTRABLE WORKPLACES, AND ARE THEREFORE NOT NEW IN SUBSTANCE.
MR HENDERSON SAID ONE OF THE REGULATIONS PROVIDES FOR MAXIMUM PENALTIES OF $10 000 IN CERTAIN CASES AND $30 000 FOR MORE SERIOUS OFFENCES.
+BY HAVING A SEPARATE SET OF REGULATIONS, IT IS HOPED THAT MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION OF FIRE IN REGISTRABLE WORKPLACES WILL HAVE A CLEARER LEGAL IDENTITY, WILL BE BETTER KNOWN AND WILL CREATE GREATER IMPACT, HE CONCLUDED.
WIDER PLAN TO REDUCE FIRE HAZARDS ****
A WIDER PLAN DESIGNED TO REDUCE FIRE HAZARDS IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WAS BEING DRAWN UP, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE SECOND READING OF THE FIRE SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1981, MR DAVIES ADDED THAT PROPOSALS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY
INCREASED FINES FOR VARIOUS OFFENCES INVOLVING FIRE HAZARDS MAY BE INCLUDED IN A FURTHER AMENDING BILL.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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