The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Application to premises E+W

6.—(1) This Order does not apply in relation to —

(a) domestic premises, except to the extent mentioned in [F1 paragraph (1A) or] article 31(10);

(b) an offshore installation within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Offshore Installation and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 M1 ;

(c) a ship, in respect of the normal ship-board activities of a ship's crew which are carried out solely by the crew under the direction of the master;

(d) fields, woods or other land forming part of an agricultural or forestry undertaking but which is not inside a building and is situated away from the undertaking's main buildings;

(e) an aircraft, locomotive or rolling stock, trailer or semi-trailer used as a means of transport or a vehicle for which a licence is in force under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 M2 or a vehicle exempted from duty under that Act;

(f) a mine within the meaning of section 180 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 M3 , other than any building on the surface at a mine;

(g) a borehole site to which the Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995 M4 apply.

[F2 (1A) Where a building contains two or more sets of domestic premises, the things to which this order applies include—

(a) the building's structure and external walls and any common parts;

(b) all doors between the domestic premises and common parts (so far as not falling within sub-paragraph (a)).

(1B) The reference to external walls includes—

(a) doors or windows in those walls, and

(b) anything attached to the exterior of those walls (including balconies).]

(2) Subject to the preceding [F3 provisions] of this article, this Order applies in relation to any premises.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 6(1)(a) inserted (1.10.2021 for W., 16.5.2022 for E.) by Fire Safety Act 2021 (c. 24), ss. 1(a), 4(2); S.I. 2021/1092, reg. 2; S.I. 2022/544, reg. 2

F2 Art. 6(1A)(1B) inserted (1.10.2021 for W., 16.5.2022 for E.) by Fire Safety Act 2021 (c. 24), ss. 1(b), 4(2); S.I. 2021/1092, reg. 2; S.I. 2022/544, reg. 2

F3 Word in art. 6(2) substituted (1.10.2021 for W., 16.5.2022 for E.) by Fire Safety Act 2021 (c. 24), ss. 1(c), 4(2); S.I. 2021/1092, reg. 2; S.I. 2022/544, reg. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1995/738.

M2 1994 c. 22.

M3 1954 c. 70, extended by the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10) and the Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1974/2013, 1976/2063 and 1993/1897.

M4 S.I. 1995/2038.