Once again sheltered housing (sorry) but specifically in Scotland, where there is purely a domestic complex with a roving warden only, no on site office facility, but common rooms which include “guest bedrooms” are in use. So I am thinking roving warden does not make this a relevant premises, if there was an office I say this ticks that box and would make it relevant and therefore would have relevant persons and come within the scope of the fire law in Scotland and the wardens employer and building owner would have fire safety responsibilities.
On looking at the definition of “domestic premises” from the Fire (Scotland) Act it says premises occupied as a private dwelling (INCLUDING a stair, passage, garden, yard, outhouse or other appurtenance and any common areas used in common by the occupants of more than one such dwelling.
Now I take it that gust bedrooms fall into “other appurtenance” which make them domestic and outwith the scope of the FSA?
I have looked at the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 and see no reference to sheltered housing to help, nor would I assume that HSE legislation can help regarding fire safety, since I have always been led to believe that all fire safety matters have been removed from such legislation and now fall into fire safety law.
Don’t know if I am right or not, but I can’t seem to see where guest bedrooms in common areas of sheltered housing in the above scenario fits into fire safety law in Scotland and who is legally responsible for ensuring the safety from fire of the guest bedroom users, since I am assuming they are domestic, am I missing something? Am I interpreting the definition from the FSA wrongly? As sense tells me someone must be responsible under law in such a set up, but who and under what?
