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Guidance

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: enforcement

Guidance for fire and rescue authorities and other bodies about their duty to enforce fire safety in non-domestic premises.

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Home Office
Published
23 October 2007
Last updated
1218 AugustSeptember 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 guidance note no.1: enforcement

Ref: 07 FRP 04638/a

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Fire Safety Order - Supplement to guidance note 1: enforcement

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The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 was introduced in October 2006 and has been subsequently amended by the Fire Safety Act 2021 and the Building Safety Act 2022 in England.

Fire and rescue authorities and other bodies (‘enforcing authorities’) have a duty to enforce fire safety in non-domestic premises which include workplaces and in residential blocks the common partsparts, ofstructure, residentialexternal blocks,walls and doors.

Enforcing authorities must have regard to guidance issued by the Secretary of State in their enforcement approach.

This set of guidance is intended to help enforcingthem authorities to better understand the intended compliance and enforcement outcomes when discharging their duties in England under the Order.

The public may also refer to this guidance to better understand the intent of specific aspects of the Order.

Updates to this page

Published 23 October 2007
Last updated 1218 AugustSeptember 2025 + show all updates

  2. Added Fire Safety Order - Supplement to guidance note 1: enforcement.

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Update history

2025-09-18 14:59
Guidance amended to clarify structure subsection under Clarification of the parts of premises to which the FSO applies.

2025-08-12 09:30
Added Fire Safety Order – Supplement to guidance note 1: enforcement.