# Fire Safety Act 2021, Section 1: Premises to which the Fire Safety Order applies


In article 6 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1541) (application to premises)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a) (excluded premises), after “except to the extent mentioned in” insert “ paragraph (1A) or ”;
(b) after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) Where a building contains two or more sets of domestic premises, the things to which this order applies include—
(a) the building's structure and external walls and any common parts;
(b) all doors between the domestic premises and common parts (so far as not falling within sub-paragraph (a)).
(1B) The reference to external walls includes—
(a) doors or windows in those walls, and
(b) anything attached to the exterior of those walls (including balconies).”;
(c) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph” substitute “ provisions ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/24/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fire-safety-act-2021/section-1
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