Part 5: Other provisions about safety standards, etc. Fire safety Section 156: Amendment of Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Effect
A new article 22A will require departing Responsible Persons to provide relevant fire safety information to incoming Responsible Persons. Relevant fire safety information means: (a) records kept under article 9(6) of fire risk assessments and reviews under article 9; (b) the identity of any person appointed by the Responsible Person to assist them with making or reviewing the fire risk assessment; (c) the identity of any other persons who are Responsible Persons in relation to the premises (where known); (d) where the premises consist of or include a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act, the identity of any other Accountable Persons in the premises (where known); (e) any information provided to the Responsible Person under regulation 38 of the Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214) (this is information provided to the Responsible Person by the person carrying out building work following completion or occupation relating to the design, construction, services, fixtures and fittings to assist the Responsible Person to operate and maintain the building safely). This article also includes a regulation making power for the Secretary of State in England, and the Welsh Minister for Wales, to enable them to extend the relevant fire safety information that must be provided as well as to specify how frequently all of this information should be provided and in what format.