Do you mean the situation where a business (or other organisation) is renting an office area from a building owner?

Or something else?

What is the reason behind saying so definitively "not responsible for the fire safety arrangements"?  Has such responsibility been claimed by someone else?

The relevant legal bit is Article 3 of the FSO. The “responsible person” is according to Article 3 “in relation to a workplace, the employer, if the workplace is to any extent under his control;”. I have underlined any extent because I feel that means just about any employer as they all have some control of the workplace. The subsequent risk assessment should reflect this: “The responsible person must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to which relevant persons are exposed for the purpose of identifying the general fire precautions he needs to take to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed on him by or under this Order.” It does not say all general fire precautions, just those that are relevant to them and their work force.

In addition to the posts above I would like to point out that in a multi occupied workplace, the Responsible Person of each demise should not just carry out a FRA for their area, it must include any parts of the building that their employees may reasonably be able to access. That definately includes escape routes (corridors and staircases), but also tea points/kitchens, internal or covered car parks and toilets etc 

Of course, pretty much all of that would overlap onto the Landlord's common parts responsibilities, but Article 22 makes it a requirement for the Landlord and tenants to cooperate and coordinate - especially in relations to the findings of the FRA

Originally Posted by: firesafety101

Hi Messey, great post.  Would you expect all the RPs to share their FRAs with each other and if they do would they expect to see differences among all the completed reports.  I know the most recent FRA could see more recent changes so should the others amend their FRA and inform their employees.

I wouldn't expect the RPs to share with eachother but they should share them with the lead party i.e. the building owner / management company.  They have overall control and so should be aware of the findings and the assumptions. What is also relevant in some cases (depending on size) are the Phase 3 changes which the Building Safety Act 2022 brought in.  The legislation changes the risk assessment requirement for all employers to document their findings (no longer just significant findings).  This means that there is no more exemption for employers with four or fewer employees having to document their FRA.