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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: Ashley Wood on March 07, 2007, 09:18:10 AM

Title: RR(FS)O England & Wales V RR(FS)O Scotland
Post by: Ashley Wood on March 07, 2007, 09:18:10 AM

To save me trawling through paperwork, can anyone tell me what the major differences are (if any) between the English/Welsh regs and the Scottish regs?

Thanks

Ashley

Title: RR(FS)O England & Wales V RR(FS)O Scotland
Post by: Ricardo on March 07, 2007, 11:13:43 AM

Ashley

If you check down the "Guides and Legislation " section of the forum, there is a post there that one of the members started re this subject

Title: RR(FS)O England & Wales V RR(FS)O Scotland
Post by: afterburner on March 08, 2007, 01:05:00 PM

Ashley, probably the first difference is the title, there is no such thing as the RR(FS)O Scotland, it is the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regualtions 2006.

Title: RR(FS)O England & Wales V RR(FS)O Scotland
Post by: afterburner on March 08, 2007, 01:07:17 PM

got that last submission submitted too early!
Second difference the Scottish legislation has removed 'Crown Immunity' (both the Act and the Regs apply to the Crown).
Apart from that I think the two are intended to be very similar

Title: RR(FS)O England & Wales V RR(FS)O Scotland
Post by: afterburner on March 08, 2007, 01:12:59 PM

http://www.infoscotland.com/firelaw/files/legislation-overview.htm will give you an overview of the Act, and http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2006/20060456.htm will get you a copy of the Regs

Hope this helps

Title: RR(FS)O England & Wales V RR(FS)O Scotland
Post by: PhilB on March 08, 2007, 01:41:59 PM

And Scotland has a much nicer definition of domestic premises. It includes the comon parts and avoids a legislative overlap with housing law.

Title: RR(FS)O England & Wales V RR(FS)O Scotland
Post by: AnthonyB on March 08, 2007, 04:14:51 PM

The guidance in scotland (& Northern Ireland, whose draft appears based on the Scottish Regs not the England & Wales ones) appears not to use the term or require a nominated  'responsible person' and simply defines who is required to comply

Title: RR(FS)O England & Wales V RR(FS)O Scotland
Post by: Redone on March 13, 2007, 09:13:02 AM

Do either of these apply to Southern Ireland?

Title: RR(FS)O England & Wales V RR(FS)O Scotland
Post by: Gasmeter on March 13, 2007, 09:58:14 AM

No, they develop their own legislation in response to European directives, like any other independent country.  This site might help:  www.irlgov.ie