Unlimited fines for breach of fire safety regulations

In particular, the recently announced proposals will:

•    Introduce unlimited fines for anyone breaching Fire Safety Regulations under the Fire Safety Order or for anyone caught obstructing or impersonating a Fire Inspector.

•    Improve the quality of Fire Risk Assessments and competence of those who complete them. 

•    Ensure that the vital Fire Safety Information is preserved over the life span of all Regulated buildings. 

•    Improve co-operation and coordination amongst people responsible for Fire Safety and making it easy to identify whom they are. 

•    Strengthen the role of guidance issued under the Fire Safety Order so that failure to follow it may be considered in Court Proceedings as evidence of a breach. 

•    Improved engagement between building control bodies and fire authorities in reviewing plans for building work. 

•    Require all new flats above 11 metres tall to install premises information boxes. 

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