Part 5: Other provisions about safety standards, etc. Fire safety Section 156: Amendment of Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Effect
Article 22 of the Fire Safety Order requires Responsible Persons, where there is more than one responsible for a premises, to co-operate with each other and co-ordinate their actions to ensure compliance with the order. In addition to their existing duties under this article, Responsible Persons will now be required to take reasonable steps to establish whether any other Responsible Person in the premises shares, or has, duties in respect of the premises. If they do they must also inform each other of their name, UK address and the parts of the premises for which they consider themselves to be Responsible Person and keep a record of that information.