# The Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025, Regulation 9: Review by the responsible person

Extent: E+W

(1) Where a person-centred fire risk assessment has been carried out in relation to a relevant resident of a specified residential building, the responsible person in relation to that building must review that assessment, any mitigating measures required to be implemented under regulation 7 in relation to the resident and any emergency evacuation statement for the resident.
(2) Following a review under paragraph (1), the responsible person must, where appropriate—
(a) update the person-centred fire risk assessment;
(b) implement any further mitigating measures under regulation 7;
(c) where an emergency evacuation statement was agreed, update or withdraw it;
(d) where no approach was agreed under regulation 8, repeat the steps in that regulation.
(3) The responsible person must carry out the review specified in paragraph (1)—
(a) no later than 12 months after the date on which the emergency evacuation statement was first recorded, or, where no approach was agreed, the person-centred fire risk assessment was completed, and
(b) before the end of every period of 12 months thereafter.
(4) The responsible person must also carry out the review specified in paragraph (1)—
(a) if there is reason to believe the person-centred fire risk assessment or emergency evacuation statement requires amending, or
(b) at the reasonable request of the relevant resident.
(5) Where the responsible person carries out a review under paragraph (4)—
(a) before a review is due under paragraph (3)(a), the obligation to review arising under paragraph (3)(a) does not apply, and the obligation arising under paragraph (3)(b) is to be calculated from the date of the review under paragraph (4);
(b) before a review is due under paragraph (3)(b), any further obligation arising under that paragraph is to be calculated from the date of the review under paragraph (4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/797/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fire-safety-residential-evacuation-plans-england-regulations-2025/regulation-9
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