New workplace directives and stringent building regulations require more premises to install emergency lighting systems. Amendments to the fire precautions (workplace) regulations invoke additional needs for written fire risk assessment and emergency plans for premises including emergency lighting to form a part of the means of escape.
Local authority bylaws also oblige the updating of many premises holding certificates under earlier Housing Acts. As the safety of the occupants of buildings is becoming a major priority with the introduction of new harmonized standards the need for emergency lighting is increasingly apparent. There is therefore a cause to install emergency lighting in most factories, buildings open to the public and those for multiple occupancy.
In addition there is provision under the Fire Precautions Act to extend its use into hotels and boarding houses without further legislation.
Security lighting is being covered in the same title as emergency lighting because it also has a safety aspect. This is in addition to its use as a deterrent to crime. Lighting of this nature may be automatically selected on demand or be used over extended periods of time to provide illumination at all times when natural light is unavailable. It may equally be used to supplement equipment employed for surveillance purposes.
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