Fire Safety Phase 3 and The Building Safety Act 2022

Please also see our earlier articles about phases one and two of the fire safety changes here and here. This, phase 3, is a further level of fire safety legislation which is mostly due to take effect on 1 October 2023. This may cause freeholders to require letting agents to provide information on the identity of all occupiers of a relevant premises to the freeholder or block manager or potentially collating and distributing additional fire safety information to their tenants and occupiers. Where someone is ‘in control of the building’, they will be a ‘Responsible Person’ and so may be ...