Fire safety's new order

Ponting, Lucinda

Fire safety's new order - 2005 - Health and Safety Bulletin 344 December 2005, 25-28(4) .

Outlines the main provisions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which comes into effect on 1 April 2006. The Order creates a single fire safety regime that applies to all non-domestic premises, and places responsibility for fire safety on the employer or person responsible for the premises. Greater emphasis is placed on fire prevention and precautions, and a more risk-based approach is introduced. The Fire Precautions Act 1971 and the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 are repealed, together with many other pieces of workplace fire legislation.


REGULATORY REFORM (FIRE SAFETY) ORDER 2005
FIRE PRECAUTIONS ACT 1971
FIRE PRECAUTIONS (WORKPLACE) REGULATIONS 1997