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Who should complete the fire risk assessment for an industrial unit which is being rented out, would it be the landlord or the tenant? I would think the tenant would be responsible for this but looking for some clarification.
Thanks
Martin
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As the Tenant will be the employer, and subsequently have the responsible person then he should be undertaking a FRA...
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Responsibility for complying with the Order1 rests with the ‘responsible person’.
In a workplace, this is the employer and any other person who may have control
of any part of the premises, e.g. the occupier or owner. In all other premises the
person or people in control of the premises will be responsible. If there is more than
one responsible person in any type of premises (e.g. a multi-occupied complex), all
must take all reasonable steps to co-operate and co-ordinate with each other.
If you are the responsible person you must carry out a fire risk assessment which
must focus on the safety in case of fire of all ‘relevant persons’. It should pay
particular attention to those at special risk, such as disabled people, those who
you know have special needs and young persons, and must include consideration
of any dangerous substance liable to be on the premises. Your fire risk assessment
will help you identify risks that can be removed or reduced and to decide the
nature and extent of the general fire precautions you need to take.
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Meaning of “responsible person”
3. In this Order “responsible person” means—
(a)in relation to a workplace, the employer, if the workplace is to any extent under his control;
(b)in relation to any premises not falling within paragraph (a)—
(i)the person who has control of the premises (as occupier or otherwise) in connection with the carrying on by him of a trade, business or other undertaking (for profit or not); or
(ii)the owner, where the person in control of the premises does not have control in connection with the carrying on by that person of a trade, business or other undertaking.
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If the unit was previously empty the landlord should have carried out a fra for the unit then passed the fra on to the new occupier.
If the landlord still has part of the premises then he has to fra that/those parts.
Decide who is the RP and take it from there.
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The clear person responsible is the tenant, he knows what is being done in the premises and has control of the risk. Where there are other tenants they must cooperate in taking account of anything that can affect the FRA. Where the landlord comes in is he must ensure that a FRA has been done and the resuklts shared bu all his tenants as well as giving information about the structure and latent fire risk in the building. In short the tenent must collect as much info as possible and share the findings with others as well as his employees.
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thanks for the advice guys!
Cheers
Martin
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