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Chapter 1 General Principles
Article 1 This self-government act is enacted by Taipei City Government (hereinafter referred to as "City") for the purposes of preventing fire and effectively managing matters, including the security of power usage, evacuation security, and fire security management for buildings; for those otherwise specified and regulated by central laws, the central laws shall prevail.
Article 2 The competent authority of the Self-Government Act is the Taipei City Fire Department (hereinafter referred to as "Fire Department").
Article 3 The terms used in the Self-Government Act are defined as follow: 1.Administrator: Any person who has the right to exercise domination and control of the place in question either as duly conferred by the law or by contract; the managing director shall be the administrator in case of an juridical person. 2.Public Security and Fire Protection Drilling: Conduct performance tests for fire protection facilities and fire safety equipments and implement drillings of self-protection firefighters according to the requirements under the Self-Government Act Terms used in the Self-Government Act in relation to building technologies and fire safety equipments shall be subject to the requirements regarding the setting for the definition of terms under the Building Act, Building Technical Regulations and Standards for Installation of Fire Safety Equipments Based on Use and Occupancy.
Chapter 2 Electricity and fire safety management
Article 4 Upon changes in usage or indoor fitting for buildings in the City, where there are changes in or additions to users electrical equipment such as the wires, transformers, and switchers established in the relevant power consuming facilities, the applicant shall apply to the local power supplier for the changes in or additions to the power usage, and engage eligible electrical contractors for installation, construction, and repair.
Article 5 Public Security and Fire Protection Actual Drilling shall be organized before the commencement of operations of the following places in the City: 1.Malls, department stores, and supermarkets with a floor area amounted to 3,000m2 or above and with 30 employees or above. 2.Hospitals, sanatoriums, long-term care institutions, nursing homes, other senior citizen welfare institutions, nursing institutions, and post-labor nursing institutions. 3.Other designated places announced by the Fire Department. After the commencement of the places mentioned above, the Public Security and Fire Protection Actual Drilling shall be organized one time or above every year.
Article 6 The lighting and audio equipment of KTVs, dance halls, or clubs in the City shall have the function of restoring the original lighting and emergency broadcasting upon emergencies. The abovementioned places with a floor area amounted to 3,00m2 or above shall set up linked fire alarm and emergency broadcast equipment
Article 7 For high rise buildings with disaster prevention centers and underground buildings with central managing rooms in the City, the Administrator shall hire specialists for security at the disaster prevention centers or central managing rooms all day round. The abovementioned specialists shall have License of Service role for Condominium Management or Qualified Certificate for Disaster Prevention Center Duty Officer Security Training.
Article 8 Where there is any improvement in fire safety equipments for buildings in the City that falls into the following circumstances, the improvement plan for fire safety equipments shall be provided; after the Fire Department has reviewed and the completion test was passed, the Administrator shall conduct the maintenance according to the improvement plans: 1.Improve according to the provision under Article 25 of the Improvement Regulations for Fire Prevention and Evacuation Facilities and Fire Equipment in Original Legal Buildings. 2.Where there is difficulty in inspection and report for fire safety equipments laid in the buildings according to the law originally. The operating methods and requirements for other matters to be observed regarding the above review and completion test shall be otherwise provided by the Fire Department.
Article 9 Places of hospitals, sanatoriums, long-term care institutions, nursing homes, other senior citizen welfare institutions, nursing institutions, post-labor nursing institutions, kindergartens, and nurseries in the City shall have additional evacuation marking equipment with light-flashing and guiding audio device.
Article 10 For designated places announced by the Fire Department, the Administrators shall engage personnel with a certificate of fire protection equipment engineer or fire protection equipment engineer technician to regularly repair and maintain the fire safety equipments; the repair and maintenance results shall be reported for references according to the deadline announced by the Fire Department.
Article 10-1 For the following places in the City that are not required to set up the automatic fire alarm according to the laws and do not fall under the requirements of paragraph 4, Article 6 of the Fire Services Act, the Administrators shall set up and maintain residential fire alarms schedule maintenance according to the Setting Procedures for residential fire alarms: 1.Buildings for residence. 2.Places in Category A stated in subparagraph 1, Article 12 of the Standard for Installation of Fire Safety Equipments Based on Use and Occupancy. 3.Other designated places announced by the Fire Department.
Chapter 3 Penal Provisions
Article 11 For any of the following circumstances, the administrative fines ranging from NT$10,000 to NT$50,000 will be imposed to the Administrator, and the authority is entitled to order the Administrator to improve within given time; for those who have not improved overdue, punishment may be made on the time-by-time basis until the circumstances are improved: 1.Any violation to requirements under Article 5. 2.Any violation to requirements under Article 7. 3.Any violation to requirements under Article 10.
Article 12 For any of the following circumstances, the administrative fine ranging from NT$6,000 to NT$30,000 will be imposed to the Administrator, and the authority is entitled to order the Administrator to improve within given time; for those who have not improved overdue, punishment may be made on the time-by-time basis until the circumstances are improved: 1.Any violation to requirements under Article 6. 2.Any violation to requirements under Article 9.
Article 12-1 For those who violated the requirements under Article 10-1, the Fire Department shall notify the administrator for improvement within given time; for those who have not improved overdue, the administrative fine ranging from NT$6,000 to NT$30,000 will be imposed to the Administrator, punishment may be made on the time-by-time basis for those who have not improved after being fined. However, for buildings not for rent in subparagraph 1, Article 10-1 amended on [*], the punishment shall be implemented after three years from the announcing of the amendment.
Chapter 4 Supplementary Provisions
Article 13 For power usage and fire safety management that fully comply with the requirements, the Fire Department may grant awards to such places; the requirements for the above award shall be stipulated by the Fire Department.
Article 14 Forms, formats, and figures of the Self-Government Act shall be stipulated by the Fire Department.
Article 15 The Self-Government Act shall become effective on the date of the announcement.