Hi, Has anyone got any advice on the following:

We had a third party fire risk assessment conducted in December 2023, we are now being advised that we need a new assessment, is this the case?

Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) makes a number of amendments to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to improve fire safety in all buildings regulated by the FSO. These improvements form Phase 3 of the Home Office’s fire safety reform programme, building on Phase 1 (the Fire Safety Act 2021) and Phase 2 (the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022).

Phase 3 further strengthens fire safety in all FSO regulated premises by:

• improving cooperation and coordination between Responsible Persons (RPs)
• increasing requirements in relation to the recording and sharing of fire safety information thus creating a continual record throughout a building’s lifespan
• making it easier for enforcement authorities to take action against non-compliance
• ensuring residents have access to comprehensive information about fire safety in their building

Will this provider of the FRA (carried out in Dec ’23) be providing you with a free update or will they be charging you for the privilege. Will they charge you the standard amount for a new assessment or will it be charged per word amended( which should be very little)?

The issue is not whether a good FRA, from a competent assessor,  is worth the money but they way that the assessor has told the client that they need a “new” FRA , right now. It sounds a bit predatory. As people have mentioned it is not clear  whether a new  FRA is needed and if any changes are essentially cosmetic.