What is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order?
Changes to Fire Safety Law – UK fire safety legislation has been contained in a total of 118 separate pieces of legislation. These include Fire Precautions Act 1971, the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 as amended and a host of local Acts and Bye-Laws. The Order – intends to simplify the requirements as one Order, and takes forward many of the requirements for risk assessments from the Workplace Regulations. The Order was laid before Parliament on 10th May 2004 and resultant evidence to the Parliamentary Committee is now being considered, as well as interactions with other legislation. It’s expected that ‘The Order’ will come into force around November 2005, or as soon as possible after that date. Responsible persons – The Order places a firm responsibility on the ‘Responsible Person’ for the fire safety measures that must be taken to ensure the safety of all the people they are responsible for, directly or indirectly. It will apply to the majority of premises and workplac
