Separate fire prevention for houses combined with production and business into a separate Article

Kinhtedothi - On the morning of November 1, at the 8th Session of the National Assembly, on behalf of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for National Defense and Security Le Tan Toi presented a report explaining, accepting and revising the Draft Law on Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue (PCCC and CNCH).

Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi said that, taking into account the opinions of the National Assembly deputies, the National Assembly Standing Committee has directed the reception and careful review of the content of the Draft Law with the provisions of current laws; studying, supplementing and completing the Draft Law to ensure comprehensiveness and compatibility between the scope of regulation and the content in the Draft Law.

Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi presents the report - Photo: Quochoi.vn

The search and rescue activities assigned to the military have been specifically regulated in relevant legal documents such as the Law on Civil Defense, the Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, etc. The search and rescue activities regulated by this Law only include situations such as fires and accidents and incidents that occur daily but do not reach the level of civil defense or natural disaster risk as prescribed by relevant laws and are assigned to the fire prevention and rescue forces to preside over and coordinate with other relevant forces to carry out.

Regarding the responsibility for fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue, the Draft Law has supplemented and clearly defined the responsibility of each subject in fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue activities, including: Responsibilities of heads of establishments; owners of means of transport; investment decision makers, investors, vehicle owners, agencies, organizations, individuals in construction activities, production, assembly, building, and conversion of means of transport; household owners, individuals, and cases of renting, borrowing, and staying at houses, and specifically stated in the corresponding clauses of Article 7 of the Draft Law that have been accepted and revised.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong chaired the meeting - Photo: Quochoi.vn

Regarding fire prevention, the Draft Law has separated Article 17 on Fire Prevention for Housing into 2 articles, including 1 article on Fire Prevention for Housing (Article 19) and 1 article on Fire Prevention for Housing combined with production and business (Article 20);

At the same time, the Draft Law has classified and supplemented more complete and appropriate regulations for these two types; supplemented full regulations on fire prevention for facilities in Article 22 of the Draft Law; absorbed and comprehensively revised regulations on ensuring fire safety in the installation and use of electricity for daily life and production to ensure feasibility and non-overlap with current legal regulations.

Regarding the regulations on fire prevention and fighting service business, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi said that the National Assembly Standing Committee agreed with the above opinions that it is necessary to implement the Party's policy on "promoting the socialization of fire prevention and fighting work"; create more favorable conditions for establishments and enterprises in consulting, designing, constructing, manufacturing, importing, and trading fire prevention and fighting means and equipment, and encourage individuals and organizations to participate in fire prevention and fighting and rescue activities.

Delegates attending the working session on the morning of November 1 - Photo: Quochoi.vn

Therefore, in order to absorb the opinions of National Assembly deputies and create consistency in the legal system, the National Assembly Standing Committee has directed to remove the provision that fire prevention and fighting services are a conditional business investment sector in this Draft Law; At the same time, it is proposed to amend the Investment Law No. 61/2020/QH14 to remove this provision in Section 11 of Appendix IV of the Investment Law.

Along with that, the Draft Law has absorbed, revised and supplemented regulations on financial resources, ensuring conditions for fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue activities, redesigned transitional provisions; separated a provision on handling facilities and constructions that do not meet fire prevention and fighting requirements and are put into use before the effective date of this Law...

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