Scottish Statutory Instrument SI 2006 Scotland

Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006

These Regulations make provision in connection with the carrying out of assessments to identify risks in respect of harm caused by fire, and the review of those assessments. They also make provision about fire safety in relevant premises (as defined in section 78 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp …

Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 24 of 66 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 42 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer30 Any Person24 Occupier10 Employee2

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Employee — also bound by 189 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

PRELIMINARY

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2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 2

ASSESSMENTS

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s.003 Duty to review (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Keep fire risk assessments up to dateEmployer
  • Review your fire safety risk assessment regularlyAny Person
  • Review and update fire safety assessments regularlyOccupier
s.004 Duty in respect of young persons (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Assess fire risks to young persons before employmentEmployer
  • Carry out fire‑risk assessment for young persons before hiringEmployer
  • Carry out risk assessment before hiring young peopleEmployer

Unlimited fine

s.005 Assessment and review duty in respect of young persons (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Assess fire risks to young persons before they start workEmployer
  • Consider fire‑risk factors for young employees in assessmentsEmployer
  • Consider fire risks for young workers in risk assessmentsEmployer
  • Include fire‑risk considerations for young employees in assessmentsEmployer

Unlimited fine

s.006 Assessment and review duty in respect of dangerous substances (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Assess and review dangerous substances for fire safetyEmployer
  • Assess and review dangerous substances in your premisesOccupier
  • Assess fire risks of dangerous substances in your premisesEmployer
  • Consider specific risks when assessing dangerous substancesAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.007 New work activities where dangerous substances are present (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Complete fire safety duties before starting new activities with dangerous substancesAny Person
  • Complete fire‑safety duties for dangerous substances before starting new workEmployer
  • Ensure fire safety duties are completed before new work with dangerous substancesEmployer

Unlimited fine

s.008 Duty to record information (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Record fire safety information after assessmentEmployer
  • Record fire safety information and risk assessment findingsAny Person
  • Record your fire safety assessment informationAny Person
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 3

FIRE SAFETY

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s.010 Fire safety arrangements (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Create and record fire safety arrangementsEmployer
  • Establish and record fire safety management arrangementsAny Person
  • Plan and record fire safety arrangements for your premisesEmployer
s.011 Elimination or reduction of risks from dangerous substances (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Eliminate or reduce fire risks from dangerous substancesEmployer

Unlimited fine

s.012 Means for fighting fire and means for giving warning in the event of fire (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Provide adequate fire-fighting equipment and warning systemsAny Person
  • Ensure appropriate fire‑fighting equipment, staff and emergency arrangementsOccupier
  • Provide and maintain fire‑fighting equipment and appoint competent fire‑safety staffOccupier
  • Provide fire‑fighting equipment, warning systems and appoint competent staffEmployer

Unlimited fine

s.013 Means of escape (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Ensure safe emergency routes and exits from premisesAny Person
  • Keep escape routes and exits clear and functionalOccupier
  • Keep escape routes and exits clear and meet fire‑escape standardsOccupier
  • Maintain unobstructed, safe emergency routes and exitsOccupier

Unlimited fine

s.014 Procedures for serious and imminent danger from fire and for danger areas (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Establish and implement fire emergency procedures, including evacuation and danger area controlsAny Person
s.015 Additional emergency measures in respect of dangerous substances (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Establish emergency measures for dangerous substancesAny Person
  • Plan and maintain emergency measures for dangerous substancesEmployer

Unlimited fine

s.016 Maintenance (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Maintain fire safety equipment and premisesAny Person
  • Maintain fire safety equipment and systems in good working orderOccupier

Unlimited fine

s.017 Safety assistance (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Nominate competent person(s) to assist with fire safety complianceAny Person
s.018 Provision of information to employees (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Provide employees with fire safety informationEmployer
  • Provide fire safety information to employees (and child workers’ parents)Employer

Unlimited fine

s.019 Provision of information to employers and the self-employed from outside undertakings (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Provide fire‑risk information to outside‑workforce employers and workersEmployer
  • Provide fire safety information to external employers and workersAny Person
  • Share fire safety information with guest workers and their employersAny Person
  • Provide fire‑risk information to outside employers and self‑employed workersEmployer

Unlimited fine

s.020 Capabilities Prosecution
  • Consider employee capabilities when assigning fire safety tasksEmployer
  • Consider employee fire‑safety capabilities when assigning tasksEmployer

Unlimited fine

s.020 Training (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Provide employees with adequate fire safety trainingEmployer
  • Provide fire safety training to employeesEmployer

Unlimited fine

s.021 Co-operation and co-ordination (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Co‑operate and coordinate fire safety duties with other responsible partiesAny Person
  • Co‑operate and coordinate fire safety measures with other duty‑holdersAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.022 Duties of employees (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Employees must report fire safety dangers and shortcomingsEmployee
  • Report fire safety hazards to your employerEmployee

Unlimited fine

Part 4

MISCELLANEOUS

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s.023 Maintenance of measures provided in relevant premises for protection of fire fighters (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Maintain fire‑fighter protection equipment and systemsOccupier
  • Maintain fire‑fighter protection equipment in good working orderOccupier
  • Maintain fire safety equipment provided for firefightersAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.024 Maintenance of measures provided in the common areas of private dwellings for protection of fire-fighters (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Maintain fire‑fighter protection measures in common areasAny Person
  • Maintain fire safety measures in common areas of private dwellingsAny Person
  • Maintain fire safety measures in shared areas of residential blocksAny Person

Unlimited fine

4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Schedules

Schedules

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s.schedule MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IN RESPECT OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES Prosecution
  • Control and mitigate risks from dangerous substancesAny Person
  • Control risks from dangerous substances and maintain safe systemsEmployer
  • Control risks from dangerous substances in your premisesEmployer
  • Manage dangerous substances to prevent fire and explosionEmployer
  • Manage risks of dangerous substances in the workplaceEmployer

Unlimited fine

sch. para. 1 sch. para. 1 Regulated
  • Control risks from dangerous substances in priority orderAny Person
sch. para. 2 sch. para. 2 Regulated
  • Ensure explosion mitigation measures include all required safeguardsAny Person
sch. para. 3 sch. para. 3 Regulated
  • Design, maintain and operate premises and equipment to reduce fire riskAny Person

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