Fire Safety Amendment regulations 2023

Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.
S 753/2023. Effective from 24 Nov 2023

Applicable to fire safety managers.

Additional general duties of fire safety manager

(aa) where the fire safety measures and fire safety practices of the premises do not comply with the requirements of the Act —

i.) inform the owner or occupier of the premises (as the case may be) of the non‑compliance and the need to rectify the non‑compliance; and

ii.) record in writing details of the non‑compliance and when and how the fire safety manager informed the owner or occupier, as the case may be;

(ab) where an approval of temporary change of use mentioned in Regulation 21(3) of the Fire Safety (Building and Pipeline Fire Safety) Regulations (Rg 1) is issued for the premises, ensure that the owner or occupier (as the case may be) complies with any fire‑safety related condition to the approval;

(ac ) where the premises is a building for which a fire certificate is required under section 35 of the Act and there is no valid fire certificate for the building, inform the owner or occupier (as the case may be) that there is no such certificate;

Fire Safety (Company Emergency Response Team) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. S 755/2023. Effective from 24 Nov 2023

Applicable to owners or occupiers of specified premises requiring CERT.

Replace “a CERT” with “an on-site CERT” and “equipment” with “equipment (being in good working condition)”.