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The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 introduce new duties under the Fire Safety Order for building owners or managers (responsible persons).
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/547/contents/made
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 will implement the majority of the recommendations made by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry in its Phase 1 report which required a change in the law.
The regulations seek to improve the fire safety of blocks of flats in ways which are practical, cost effective for individual leaseholders and proportionate to the risk of fire.
The regulations will come into force on 23 January 2023 following the publication of supporting guidance which is due later in 2022.
For high-rise residential buildings (a multi-occupied residential building at least 18 metres in height or 7 or more storeys), responsible persons must:
For multi-occupied residential buildings over 11 metres in height, responsible persons must:
In all multi-occupied residential buildings, responsible persons must:
The Fire Safety Act (FSA) clarifies the scope of the Fire Safety Order to make clear it applies to the structure, external walls (including cladding and balconies) and individual flat entrance doors between domestic premises and the common parts.
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, made under article 24 of the Fire Safety Order, impose new duties on responsible persons with regard to the areas brought within the Fire Safety Order by the Fire Safety Act, and commencement of section one of the Fire Safety Act was therefore a necessary precursor to the laying of these regulations.
You can read information about the progress of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations related to personal emergency evacuation plans (recommendations 33.22e & 33.22f) and evacuation plans (recommendation 33.22c) .
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