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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make provision about the application of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 where a building contains two or more sets of domestic premises; and to confer power to amend that order in future for the purposes of changing the premises to which it applies. |
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| Citation | 2021 c. 24 |
| Introduced by | Priti Patel (Commons) Lord Greenhalgh (Lords) |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 April 2021 |
Status: Current legislation | |
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| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Fire Safety Act 2021 (c. 24) an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which arose out of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire and relates to fire safety in buildings in England and Wales with two or more domestic residences, making changes to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the "Fire Safety Order"). It was sponsored by the Home Office.
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The bill received royal assent on 29 April 2021. [1]
The Fire Protection Association welcomed the legislation, noting that it "makes good a long-standing issue about who is responsible for the fire safety of communal doors, external walls and anything attached, such as balconies", but also regretting that provision was not made to exclude a requirement for leaseholders to pay for remedial works to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings. [2]
