# The Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Regulation 3: Amendment of regulation 3: meaning of “significant hazard” and “emergency hazard”


(1) Regulation 3 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b), for “take steps to make safe as a matter of urgency” substitute “make safe within 15 working days”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (d), omit “take steps to”.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
(a) in the opening words, for “paragraph (1)” substitute “this regulation”;
(b) before the definition of “relevant hazard” insert—
““excluded fire hazard” means a prescribed hazard where the risk of harm—
(a) is associated with exposure to uncontrolled fire and associated smoke and fumes, and
(b) arises from a deficiency in a FSO-regulated part of a building that contains two or more sets of domestic premises (within the meaning given in article 2 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005);
“FSO-regulated part of a building” means any part of a building to which the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies by virtue of article 6(1A) of that Order;”;
(c) in the definition of “relevant hazard”, in sub-paragraph (a)—
(i) in the opening words, after “hazard” insert “that is not an excluded fire hazard”;
(ii) in paragraph (i), for “growth” substitute “growths or any matter or circumstance referred to in paragraph 2, 3, 14A, 18A, 21, 22, 23, 23A or 29 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) Regulations 2005”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348285611/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-hazards-in-social-housing-prescribed-requirements-england-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-3
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