150.This section requires the principal accountable person for a regulated building to ensure that the findings of every fire risk assessment and review relating to the building are recorded in writing. The principal accountable person must also ensure that a copy of each assessment is given to every other accountable person and to any other person who is treated as an accountable person under section 36.
151.Subsection (2) provides the Welsh Ministers with the power to make regulations concerning fire risk assessments, including matters to be considered, methodology and information to be included. The Welsh Government intends to make such regulations to expand on the “fire safety outcomes” in section 33(2) so as to create a detailed framework for assessing fire risks. This is likely to entail specifying risk elements for each outcome, as suggested in the Safer Buildings in Wales consultation.
152.For example, one matter that may increase the likelihood of fire breaking out in a building is whether there is a buildup of combustible fuel (like rubbish or junk mail) in the common parts of the building. The regulations could specify that that is a matter which a fire risk assessment must consider.
153.Subsection (2) also provides Welsh Ministers with a power to make regulations about how to calculate the periods for making and reviewing fire risk assessments in cases where a regulated building is not occupied for an extended period.
Commentary on Sections Part 1 - Safety of Buildings Containing Two Or More Residential Units Fire safety risks in regulated buildings Section 32 - Further provision about fire risk assessments