# The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Paragraph


The principles are—
(a) avoiding risks;
(b) evaluating the risks which cannot be avoided;
(c) combating the risks at source;
(d) adapting to technical progress;
(e) replacing the dangerous by the non-dangerous or less dangerous;
(f) developing a coherent overall prevention policy which covers technology, organisation of work and the influence of factors relating to the working environment;
(g) giving collective protective measures priority over individual protective measures; and
(h) giving appropriate instructions to employees.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1541/schedule/1/part/3/paragraph/wrapper3n1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-reform-fire-safety-order-2005/schedule-1/part-3/paragraph-wrapper3n1
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