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Scottish fire safety regime for non-domestic premises: duties, enforcement powers, notices, appeals and offences, and post-Grenfell developments

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Fire and building safety sit within devolved competence. In Scotland, the framework for non-domestic premises is principally set out in Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) ACT 2005 (F(S)A 2005) together with the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006, SSI 2006/456, which regulate the safe operation of non-domestic premises.

Non-domestic premises include:

all workplaces and commercial premises
all premises to which the public have access
all types of houses in multiple occupation

The common parts of non-domestic premises do not fall within Scottish fire safety legislation. This is a notable distinction from England, where the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the equivalent regime, extends to the common parts of residential buildings.

Building regulations set fire safety standards for new construction. However, building regulations requirements relating to fire safety lie beyond the ambit of this Practice Note.

Fire safety in Scotland following the Grenfell Tower fire

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Katherine Metcalfe

Pinsent Masons

Katherine is a litigator specialising in advice on health and safety, fire safety and environmental matters. Katherine works across the infrastructure, energy and real estate sectors. She is at the forefront of the firm's thought leadership on building and fire safety, advising clients on regulatory change occasioned by the Hackitt review of building regulations and fire safety. Having spent two years heading up the in-house legal team at the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Katherine is uniquely placed to guide clients through the complexities of fire safety regulation across the UK. More broadly, Katherine has a wealth of experience in health and safety, environmental and fire safety law. For well over a decade, Katherine has provided pragmatic and down-to-earth advice to the firm's clients, including key players and household names, not only on immediate incident response, internal...

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