Legal and Regulatory Flashcards
What is a retrospective fire stragety?
It sets out the design basis of the premise in repsect to fire.
What is the definition of a higher risk building?
2 or mroe resi untis,
18m or 7 storeys
Care homes and hopsitals
What regulations control FRA? Who needs and is responsibile for fire risk assessments?
The RRO and Fire Safety act (the RRO is amended by the Fire Safety Act 2022) updating the fire risk assessments which has produced a new prioritisation tool which is only to be used by responsible persons.
What are the statutory requirements of the responsible person under the Regulatory Reform Order and Fire Safety Act 2020
They are repsonsible to comply with the regulatory reform act. including:
- taking gerenal fire precautions,
- Carrying out FRA by competent person and review and actioning
- the premises appropriate fire-fighting equipment and with fire detectors and alarms;
- Training
- Provisions have been inserted in by the Building Safety Act
What is the fire safety act?
What is the Building Safety Act?
The building Safety Act was introduced as a response to the Juditt Hackett report to improve safety within the built environment.
- Increased accountability of dutyholders
- It was increased the limitation period within the defective premises act
- It was Updated the RRO
- It has imposed struct requirement for Higher Risk Buildings
- It has altered the design and approval system in order to comply with building regulations
What is the regulatory reform order 2005?
The order reformed the law relating to fire safety in non-domestic premises.
What is a relevant building?
11m or 5 storeys
Relevant defect?
Cause a health and safety risk.
What are the updated to the limitation Act 1980?
Now 15 years from the date of action. of the relevatn provisions with in the Defective Premises act 1972 & BSA 2022. But the defective premise act, and the duty to build dwellings propertly can be back dated 30 years before the act came into fruition.
When are asbestos works licensable?
Most higher-risk work with asbestos must be carried out by a licensed contractor. Lisensable work:
- is not sporadic and of low intensity; or
- risk assessment cannot clearly demonstrate that the control limit will not be exceeded ie 0.1 asbestos fibres per cubic centimetre of air (0.1 f/cm3) (averaged over a four hour period); or
on asbestos coating; or - on asbestos insulation or asbestos insulating board where the risk assessment demonstrates that the work is not short duration work,
Examples of licensable work are :
- removing sprayed coatings (limpet asbestos)
- removal or other work which may disturb pipe lagging
- any work involving loose fill insulation
- work on asbestos millboard
- cleaning up significant quantities of loose/fine debris containing ACM dust (where the work is not sporadic and of low intensity, the control limit will be exceeded or it is not short duration work)
- work on AIB, where the risk assessment indicates that it will not be of short duration
Who must all licensable works be notified to?
This is defined on the HSE website and is either the LA, HSE or Office of Rail and Road.
When was asbestos banned? What are the different types and risk levels?
In the Uk, 1999. Chrysotile (white, 1999), Amosite (brown,1985) & crocodilyte (blue,1985)
Examples of notifiable non-licensed work and non-licensed works
https://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/licensing/licensed-contractor.htm
