The bill will amend the Fire Safety Order 2005 to clarify that the responsible person or duty-holder for multi-occupied, residential buildings must manage and reduce the risk for fire for:
This clarification will empower fire and rescue services to take enforcement action and hold building owners to account if they fail to tackle unsafe cladding, balconies, windows and flat front doors
Ministers have also promised to publish a larger Building Safety Bill before Summer which will include legislation for a new building safety regulator.
To read the proposed Fire Safety Bill over on Gov.uk
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fire-safety-bill
If you’d like to discuss what the proposed legislation means for you and to make sure your buildings are compliant, please get in touch
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