{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/furniture-and-furnishings-fire-safety-amendment-regulations-2010/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/furniture-and-furnishings-fire-safety-amendment-regulations-2010/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2205",
  "legislation_title": "The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/furniture-and-furnishings-fire-safety-amendment-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988",
  "text": "(1) The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 are amended as follows.\n(2) For each of—\n(a) paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 Part I (Ignitability test for polyurethane foam in slab or cushion form),\n(b) paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 Part II (Ignitability test for polyurethane foam in crumb form), and\n(c) paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 Part III (Ignitability test for latex rubber foam)\nsubstitute—\n“2. The fabric shall be made of 100 per cent flame retardant polyester fibre.\nThe construction of the fabric shall be woven to a plain weave.\nThe yarn in the warp shall be spun to a linear density of 37 tex plus or minus 10 per cent.\nThe yarn in the weft shall be spun to a linear density of 100 tex plus or minus 10 per cent.\nThe fabric shall be scoured and heat set.\nThe fabric shall be woven so as to have a finished fabric construction of—\n(a) 20.5 plus or minus 1 yarn threads per centimetre in the warp and\n(b) 12.5 plus or minus 1 yarn threads per centimetre in the weft.\nIts mass shall be 220 grammes per square metre plus or minus 5 per cent.”.\n(3) For paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 (Ignition resistance test for interliner), substitute—\n“3. The fabric shall be made from 100 per cent flame retardant polyester fibre.\nThe construction of the fabric shall be woven to a plain weave.\nThe yarn in the warp shall be spun to a linear density of 37 tex plus or minus 10 per cent.\nThe yarn in the weft shall be spun to a linear density of 100 tex plus or minus 10 per cent.\nThe fabric shall be scoured and heat set.\nThe fabric shall be woven so as to have a finished fabric construction of—\n(a) 20.5 plus or minus 1 yarn threads per centimetre in the warp and\n(b) 12.5 plus or minus 1 yarn threads per centimetre in the weft.\nIts mass shall be 220 grammes per square metre plus or minus 5 per cent.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/1324 as amended by S.I. 1989/2358 and S.I. 1993/207."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2205/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:55.549250+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}