The Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Northern Ireland Order in Council 2006 No. 1254 — creates 13 criminal offences.

Made

24 May 2006

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Miscellaneous

Made under

2000 (c. 1), Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order consolidates with amendments the law relating to fire services in Northern Ireland and makes new provision with respect to fire safety. PART II of the Order establishes the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board, and transfers all assets, liabilities etc. of the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland to that Board. It confers core functions and other functions on the Board, makes provision concerning water supplies and confers powers on fire and rescue officers. Part III replaces the existing fire precautions legislation based on the requirement to obtain a fire certificate, with a new requirement to comply with fire safety duties such as the duty to carry out risk assessments and to take specified fire safety measures. It makes provision for implementing in part Council Directives 89/391/EEC, 89/654/EEC, 91/383/EEC, 94/33/EC, 98/24/EC and 99/92/EC. ## PART IV confers functions on the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.

Offences created by this instrument

• Fire hydrants article 17(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Fire hydrants article 17(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• If, without reasonable excuse, a person fails to comply with any requirement under Article 19(5)(b) or 20(2)(g), he… article 22(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• If a person falsely pretends to be a fire and rescue officer or an authorised officer he shall be guilty of an offence article 22(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• False alarms article 23(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• If– a a person fails to carry out a duty to which he is subject by virtue of– i Article 25; ii Article 26; or iii… article 41(1) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• If– a an employee fails to carry out a duty to which he is subject by virtue of Article 28; and b the failure to carry… article 41(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• If– a a person fails to comply with a requirement or prohibition to which he is subject by virtue of regulations made… article 41(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• It shall be an offence for a person– a to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement imposed by an… article 41(4) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Crown application, etc article 49(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Assaults on, and obstruction of, fire and rescue officers, etc article 57(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Assaults on, and obstruction of, fire and rescue officers, etc article 57(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Restriction on disclosure of information article 58(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 2006