From January 2023, The Fire Safety Regulations 2022 are becoming a legal requirement for landlords and other responsible parties. The new legislation is being placed under article 24 of the Fire Safety Order 2005.

According to the Government guidance notes, “The regulations will require responsible persons to provide to residents of all multi-occupied residential buildings with two or more sets of domestic premises (that have common parts) information on the importance of fire doors to a building’s fire safety.”

These regulations apply to any and all premises that house workplaces within them, as well as all the common parts of all multi-occupancy residential buildings over 11m in height.

As part of these new regulations, those responsible person must carry out annual checks of flat entrance doors and quarterly checks of every fire door (including self-closing devices) in the common parts of the building.

One such change requires that responsible persons provide residents of all multi-occupancy buildings with comprehensive information surrounding the importance of fire doors to the wider safety of the building.