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The Home Office has updated its guidance on how to conduct routine checks on fire doors, provide information to residents and provide a template for a fire doors checklist.
The guidance, updated on 18th September, is aimed at Responsible Persons carrying out simple checks upon a fire door. It is based on the assumption that the fire risk assessment has already assessed the suitability of the fire doors.
This guide has been published by the Secretary of State under Article 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to assist responsible persons in meeting their duties under the FSO.
Read the latest guidance here
- Fire Safety
- Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
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Accountable persons and the principal accountable person manage the fire and structural safety risks of a high-rise residential building.
This updated guidance will help you understand these roles and their legal duties as set out in the Building Safety Act 2022.
The new guidance covers:
- Accountable person
- Principal accountable person
- Clarity about who is accountable
- Legal duties
- Additional duties for the principal accountable person
- Breach of duties
- Building Safety Act
- Dutyholders
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On 3 July 2023, regulations to establish a Responsible Actors Scheme (RAS) for residential developers under sections 126-129 of the Building Safety Act 2022 were signed into law. On 21 July 2023, government launched the Responsible Actors Scheme.
The Scheme will recognise action taken by responsible developers to identify and remediate or pay to remediate life-critical fire safety defects in residential buildings 11 metres or over in height which they developed or refurbished in England over the 30 years to 4 April 2022.
Developers who are likely to be eligible to join the Scheme will receive an invitation from the Secretary of State. In order to join the Scheme, eligible developers will need to respond to the invitation, apply for membership and enter into the developer remediation contract.
Those who successfully sign up to the Scheme will have their names added to the Responsible Actors Scheme members list.
As of 21 September 2023, 37 developers have joined the Scheme.
The developers who have joined the Responsible Actors Scheme have collectively committed to remediating over 1,100 buildings, equating to over 75,000 homes, at a cost to themselves of over £2 billion.
Read the latest guidance, enrolment details and regulations here
- Building Remediation
- Responsible Actors Scheme
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Following the secondary legislation published last month, the Health and Safety Executive has today (19th Sept 2023) published a new set of guidance documents for the in-occupation parts of the new building safety regulatory regime for high-rise buildings in England, overseen by the Building Safety Regulator.
The new guidance covers:
• Preparing a Resident Engagement Strategy
• Preparing a Safety Case Report
• Safety Case for a High-Rise Residential Building
• Building Safety Guides for Accountable PersonsThere is also updated guidance from the Home Office on Fire Door Checks (published 18th Sept 2023)
You can find them all on the GOV.UK page here
- Building Safety Regulator
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The guidance from the HSE for Principal Accountable Persons on submitting structural and safety information (Key Building Information) was updated on 11th September. The latest guidance aims to help PAPs understand what the Building Safety Regulator will ask, and how you might answer each question.
Read the latest guidance here
- Building Safety Regulator
- Registration & KBI