Fire Precautions (Sub Surface Railway Stations) 1989
(Updated and Replaced in 2010 by regulations made under RR(FS))O 2005.)
Following a serious fire at the Kings Cross Underground Station on November 18, 1987, which resulted in the loss of 31 lives, including Station Officer Colin Townsley of the London Fire Brigade.
The Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989/1401) were made under Section 12 of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 and brought into effect on 18 September 1989. (Updated and Replaced in 2010 by regulations made under RR(FS))O 2005.)
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