Fire
Asbestos
Health & Safety
Landlords are often not clear
about their responsibilities.
FIRE RISK ASSESSMENT
WHY: The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 replaces previous legislation and applies to common areas of flats and maisonettes as well as commercial sites. Fire certificates are no longer valid (although the content may continue to be helpful) and fire risk assessments must be undertaken.
MANAGEMENT OF ASBESTOS
WHY: The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2006 requires that asbestos be looked for, recorded and managed in all non-domestic premises (which include common areas of flats and maisonettes). This duty normally falls on those in control of the maintenance and repair of the premises.
Anyone working on a building now needs to be told formally about any asbestos in the building, lest he should disturb it, and suffer long-term injury.
HSE guidance is published in MDHS 100. If samples are required, they are to be taken by a qualified and experienced person who has passed the P402 ‘Asbestos Surveying and Sampling’ course.
HEALTH & SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT
WHY: Risk Assessments have been required by the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations since 1992 in all workplaces – common parts of flats and maisonettes are often workplaces.
Duty-holders are required to identify risks in workplaces and to reduce those risks as low as is reasonably practical. Risk assessments consider the nature of the hazards, who might be harmed, the likelihood of an occurrence, the likely impact or injury, what precautions are in place and what reasonably practical additional and/or alternative precautions can be put into place to remove or reduce the risk.bly practical additional and/or alternative precautions can be put into place to remove or reduce the risk. A very cost-effective approach towards legal compliance.
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