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Flats free instal10/10/2023 ![]() ![]() The fire safety risk assessment duty of the “responsible person” is to evaluate the risk to people from fire, taking into account existing fire safety measures and to determine whether additional measures are necessary. There is duty on the “responsible person “to “…take such general fire precautions as may reasonably be required in the circumstances of the case to ensure that the premises are safe”. ![]() This can include the freeholder, a Right to Manage Company, a Residents Management Company and also managing agents contracted to act on behalf of any of the above. The duty is on the “ responsible person” who will generally be the person responsible for managing the common parts. This does sound confusing, but essentially means that common parts of a building containing dwellings will be covered but not premises occupied as a private dwelling, such as the flat itself. The regulations will apply to “Premises” which the order defines to include “…any place…” in particular a workspace, although not to “domestic premises”. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is the relevant law. The question that often arises in leasehold properties is who is responsible, and who pays for, the statutory requirements to carry out such checks and to undertake any work.Īlthough there are other statutory requirements, such as to comply with legislation against disability discrimination, this article will deal with the two that arise most frequently. There are legal requirements in buildings containing flats as regards fire safety and checks for asbestos. Health and safety in blocks of flats, and in particular, fire safety risk assessments, are very much on the radar following the tragic events at Grenfell Tower. LEASE was approached by a group of leaseholders in a converted industrial building in Wales, which consisted of 15 flats. ![]() Flat owners saved from paying for windows ![]()
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