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[Mike Buckley]

NT is this copied from the English/Welsh legislation or the Scottish/N. Irish legislation?

[Tom Sutton]

Point taken NT, Regulation 24 does apply to common areas therefore common areas are not totally exempt.  

The Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010  Regulation 24 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/325/made

[nearlythere]

NT is this copied from the English/Welsh legislation or the Scottish/N. Irish legislation?

Northern Ireland

[nearlythere]

Point taken NT, Regulation 24 does apply to common areas therefore common areas are not totally exempt.  

The Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010  Regulation 24 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/325/made

Because of wording they are exempt from Assessment but not to maintain measures .................................
What we have though is some over night fire safety experts using the wording to back up their Consultancy business ("to con people") that the common areas of flats and dwellings are relevant premises whereas actually they are not. In NI and Scotland anyway.
Come to think of it some are not over night chancers. One fire extinguisher provider here claims to employ an ex CFO to do it's fire risk assessments.

[AnthonyB]

I wasn't disputing the actual legislation, the problem is the guidance which is what most end users will look at will make most think it does apply in full, particularly if it links to the DCLG guides as few uses will actually read the SI.

I agree some may use it to get FRA work where it isn't needed though....