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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>The fire‍ safety standard, in relation to any premises at which regulated visitor accommodation is provided (or offered), is that the VAP maintains—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/section/9/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/section/9/1/a" id="section-9-1-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>a written assessment of the risks to which persons on the premises are exposed for the purpose of identifying the general fire precautions the VAP needs to take to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety of those persons, and</Text>
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<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/section/9/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/section/9/1/b" id="section-9-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>a record of the general fire precautions identified and taken in accordance with that assessment.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>For the purposes of subsection (1)—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>“<Term id="term-general-fire-precautions">general fire precautions</Term>” has the same meaning as in article 4 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1541" id="c00010" Year="2005" Number="1541" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument">S.I. 2005/1541</Citation>);</Text>
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<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/section/9/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/section/9/2/b" id="section-9-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>the VAP must keep the assessment under review, and update it as appropriate, and the VAP must update the assessment where—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/section/9/2/b/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/section/9/2/b/i" id="section-9-2-b-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>there has been a significant change in any of the matters to which it relates, or</Text>
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<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/section/9/2/b/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/section/9/2/b/ii" id="section-9-2-b-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
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<Text>the VAP is aware, or ought to be aware, that there is any other reason to update the assessment.</Text>
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