Fire Safety Act 2021

1 Premises to which the Fire Safety Order applies

In article 6 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1541) (application to premises)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a) (excluded premises), after “except to the extent mentioned in” insert “paragraph (1A) or”;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Where a building contains two or more sets of domestic premises, the things to which this order applies include—

(a) the building’s structure and external walls and any common parts;

(b) all doors between the domestic premises and common parts (so far as not falling within sub-paragraph (a)).

(1B) The reference to external walls includes—

(a) doors or windows in those walls, and

(b) anything attached to the exterior of those walls (including balconies).”;

(c) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph” substitute “provisions”.