Section 53 — Housing Act 2004: Miscellaneous repeals etc. in relation to fire hazards

Miscellaneous repeals etc. in relation to fire hazards 53 1 In the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii)—

a omit section 35(1)(c)(i) (protection against fire in certain old buildings let in flats or tenements);

b in section 36(1) (projecting shops in which persons are employed or sleep) omit “or sleep”;

and c in section 37(1) (means of access to roofs), in paragraph (b) for the words from “except” onwards substitute “ except to the extent that it is occupied for residential purposes; ” .

2 In the County of Merseyside Act 1980 (c. x) omit section 48 (means of escape from fire) and section 49(1) and (2) (maintenance of means of escape from fire).

3 In the Building Act 1984 (c. 55) omit section 72(6)(a) (means of escape from fire in case of certain buildings let in flats or tenements).

4 In the Leicestershire Act 1985 (c. xvii) omit section 54(6)(a) (means of escape from fire in case of certain buildings used as flats or tenements).