Section 15: Regulations, etc.

(1) Save as provided by section 14 of this Act, the Minister may, from time to time, make regulations-
(a) on the recommendation of the Federal Civil Service Commission-
(i) with respect to the organisation and administration of the Fire Service;
(ii) with respect to appointments to the Fire Service and to offices therein;
(iii) with respect to the training of members of the Fire Service;
(iv) with respect to the promotion, transfer, dismissal and disciplinary control of members of the Fire Service;
(b) setting out of the scales of charges permitted under subsection (2) of section 24 of this Act for services rendered by the Fire Service;
(c) with respect to the administration of the Fire Service Reward Fund established under the provisions of section 23 of this Act;
(d) with respect to the prevention of fire, the reduction of the risk of fire and the safety of persons or animals in or near any building, or class of building, from fire hazards;
(e) with respect to the prohibition or control of the use, in the erection, alteration, improvement or repair of any building or other structure, or materials deemed by the Minister to constitute a fire hazard; or of the use of any materials in the erection, alteration, improvement or repair of any building or other structure which materials, because of the use of proposed use of the said building or other structure, or because of its location or proposed location or otherwise, the Minister deems to constitute a fire hazard;
(f) requiring owners of multiple dwellings, cinemas, theatres, office buildings and other such buildings, structures or places to which the public resort from time to time to take such precautions as the Minister may specify for the safety against fire hazards of the tenants, occupiers, invitees or other users of such buildings, structures, or places;
and for this purpose the Minister may classify such buildings, structures or places into different categories, and each such category may be subject to different safety requirements hereunder; and further, for the purposes hereof, the Minister may empower the Fire Commissioner to limit the numbers of persons occupying or using such buildings, structures or places at any one time, and to require such owners to install such fire-fighting equipment of such standard as the Minister may prescribe and as the Fire Commissioner may deem necessary, and generally to regulate the user of such buildings, structures or places; so that at all times the tenants, occupiers, invitees, or users thereof shall have free access to such fire-fighting equipment;
(g) prescribing the type of signals, audible or visual, to be used on fire-engines or other mobile fire-fighting equipment;
(h) relating to the establishment and good management of canteens and recreation rooms for the benefit of the Fire Service;
(i) such as he deems necessary or desirable to give effect to the provisions of this Act.
(2) If any owner of a building, structure or place feels aggrieved by any regulation, requirement or classification made under paragraph (e) or (f) of subsection (1) of this section, he may apply to the High Court by summons against the Minister for an order of the said Court declaring that the said regulation requirement or classification is unreasonable and should not be made applicable to the said building, structure or place and the High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such application.