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Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

England and Wales

In these Regulations—

  • “emergency evacuation statement” has the meaning given in regulation 8(b)(i);

  • “local fire and rescue authority” means, in relation to a specified residential building, the fire and rescue authorityf1 in whose area the specified residential building is situated;

  • “military premises” means—

    1. (a)

      military barracks,

    2. (b)

      a building occupied solely for the purposes of the armed forces, or

    3. (c)

      a building occupied solely for the purposes of any visiting force or an international headquarters or defence organisation designated for the purposes of the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964f2;

  • “mitigating measure” means a measure to mitigate a risk identified in the person-centred fire risk assessment;

  • “person-centred fire risk assessment” has the meaning given in regulation 6(2);

  • “relevant resident” has the meaning given in regulation 4;

  • “secure information box” means, in relation to a specified residential building, a box which meets the requirements in regulation 4(2) of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022f3;

  • “specified residential building” has the meaning given in regulation 3.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 in force at 6.4.2026, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

See article 2 of the 2005 Order for the meaning of “fire and rescue authority”.

f2

1964 c. 5.

f3

S.I. 2022/547.