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  • Home Office Publishes New Guidance: 'People with duties under fire safety laws'

    The Home Office has published some updated  guidance to help dutyholders, issued by the Secretary of State under Article 50 of the FSO, to assist responsible persons in meeting their duties under the FSO.

    Find out whether you are a Responsible Person or Duty Holder under the Fire Safety Order and Fire Safety (England) Regulations and what responsibilities you have for fire safety here.

     

    • Building Safety Act
    • Dutyholders

  • HSE Updated Guidance: Safety in high-rise residential buildings: Accountable Persons & Principal Accountable Persons

    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

    Access the guidance here.

    • Building Safety Act
    • Dutyholders

  • New guidance for BSA Part 4 requirements published by HSE

    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 Persons

    There 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

  • New Impact Assessment Published by DLHUC

    The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLHUC) last week published its response to consultations on several regulations under the Building Safety Act, including provisions for the ‘golden thread’, information needed to attain a building-assessment certificate and duties to engage residents.

    The government, alongside secondary legislation to bring the regulations into law, published its final impact assessment showing costs of the new regime, which applies to blocks at least 18 metres in height or have at least seven storeys and contain at least two residential units.

    The impact assessment sets out three cost estimates for the industry.

    Its ‘low’ estimate is a cost to industry of £1.24bn over 15 years, its central, or ‘best’ estimate is £1.82bn and its ‘high’ estimate is £2.9bn.

    The assessment shows new rules requiring building owners or managers to produce safety cases for buildings will be the costliest area, with a central estimate of £830.9m.

    • Building Safety Act
    • Legislation, Regulations & Guidance

  • DLUHC Guidance - Building Safety Act: Secondary Legislation

    DLUHC has set up a Guidance Page which provides links to all the secondary legislation of the Building Safety Act, including commencement regulations, building control and higher-risk buildings regulations, leaseholder protections and the Responsible Actor's scheme. 

    Access the full list here

     

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