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and the energy efficiency of buildings. The regulations apply to most new
buildings and many alterations of existing buildings in England and Wales,
whether domestic, commercial or industrial.
Practical guidance on ways to comply with the functional requirements in the
Building Regulations is outlined in a series of ʺApproved
Documentsʺ[26, 27]
published by Communities and Local Government. These documents contain
general guidance on the performance expected of materials and building work
in order to comply with each of the requirements of the Building Regulations
and practical examples and solutions on how to achieve compliance for some of
the more common building situations.
Both the Approved Documents, Volume 1 – Dwelling houses [26] and Volume 2 –
Buildings other than dwelling houses [27] do not specify any requirement for fire
extinguishers within buildings.
3.2.2 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
The Government of UK is committed to regulating only where necessary and in
a way that is more suited to the needs of modern businesses and processes.
Therefore it introduced the Regulatory Reform Order 2005 [28] under the
Regulatory Reform Act 2001. It replaced most fire safety legislation with one
simple order which enforces that any person who has some level of control in a
premises must take reasonable steps to reduce the risk from fire and make sure
people can safely escape if there is a fire.
This order is applicable to most buildings except people’s private homes,
including individual flats in a block or house. Under this order anyone who has
control over the premises or anyone who has a degree of control over certain
areas is a responsible person and required to meet the requirements. The
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