Major fire safety reform to come into force in October

New fire safety rules affecting all non-domestic premises in England and Wales will come into force in October the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has announced.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO), made in June 2005, is the biggest overhaul of fire safety legislation in decades. As Workplace Law previously reported, the RRO was originally due to come into force in April. However in January the ODPM announced it was deferring to give business and stakeholders more ti... (524 more words)

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