Char I am not an expert in Scottish FS legislation as 80% of my work is south of the border, but: The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 states in section 53: _____________________________________ 53 Duties of employers to employees (1)Each employer shall ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety of the employer's employees in respect of harm caused by fire in the workplace. (2)Each employer shall— (a)carry out an assessment of the workplace for the purpose of identifying any risks to the safety of the employer's employees in respect of harm caused by fire in the workplace; (b)take in relation to the workplace such of the fire safety measures as are necessary to enable the employer to comply with the duty imposed by subsection (1). _________________________________________ Section 79 defines the term workplace as: ________________________________________ “workplace”, in relation to an employer and the employer's employees, means any relevant premises which are used for the purposes of an undertaking carried on by the employer and made available to an employee of the employer as a place of work; and includes— (a) any part of those premises to which an employee of the employer has access while at work; _____________________________________________ Char, this means that your fire risk assessment must cover any part of the building where your staff have access - including communal areas such as stairs, corridors, toilets, waste areas and covered car parks. In England and wales, the fire legislation (Article 22 of the Fire Safety Order) requires all 'Responsible Persons' (Duty Holders in Scotland) to coordinate & Cooperate when they share the same space(s). I cannot find a similar part within the Scottish legislation Perhaps someone will be able to help on the cooperation part of the Scottish legislation

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The reason why the duty to co-operate and co-ordinate cannot be found in the above legislation is because its not contained in the Fire Scotland Act. This requirement can be found in section 21 of the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006. I hope this helps. However, the answer to the OP may not be in the legislation but in the lease agreement between the landlord and the tenant. My point here is there may be multiple 'duty holders' in relation to fire safety in Scotland, which need to be clearly defined in the contract of the agreements between both parties. In general though - the landlord is normally responsible for the communal areas of the building, including the provision of 'means of fighting fire and means of giving warnings in the event of fire'.