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Commencement date for Fire Safety Act unclear 22/07/2021 Labelled as Legislation

Following approval in Parliament of the Fire Safety Act 2021, details of when the regulations under the Act will be laid out remain unclear. The Act:

 

  • Amends the Fire Safety Order 2005 to require all responsible persons to assess, manage and reduce the fire risks posed by the structure, external walls (including cladding, balconies and windows), and any common parts of buildings including fire doors.
  • Allows the Fire Service to take enforcement action against responsible persons who fail to comply with the requirements of this Act
  • Enables the government to issue risk-based guidance which can be referred to as proof that a responsible person has either complied or failed to comply with the requirements of the Act

 

Although the Fire Safety Bill received Royal Assent on 29 April 2021, it has yet to come into force and have legal effect. The Government are unlikely to identify a date when the Act will come into force until the risk-based guidance proposed under the Act has been finalised.

 

ARCH has been working together with the Local Government Association and other sector representative bodies and has been in contact with officials at the Home Office Fire directorate but we understand that officials are not yet in a position to give a date for laying out the necessary regulations and are therefore unable to provide any detail on commencement timing as this is not yet known. 

 

However, ARCH Chief Executive, John Bibby, has been informed that once the Home Office have this information, they will be looking to engage stakeholders to discuss the regulations.

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