# The Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

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 authority in whose area the specified residential building is situated;
“military premises” means—
(a) military barracks,
(b) a building occupied solely for the purposes of the armed forces, or
(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 1964;
“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 2022;
“specified residential building” has the meaning given in regulation 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/797/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fire-safety-residential-evacuation-plans-england-regulations-2025/regulation-2
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