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Fire safety arrangements 11.—(1) The responsible person must make and give effect to such arrangements as are appropriate, having regard to the size of his undertaking and the nature of its activities, for the effective...

Principles of prevention to be applied 10. Where the responsible person implements any preventive and protective measures he must do so on the basis of the principles specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1.   Part 3 Schedule 1...

Disapplication of certain provisions This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum 7.—(1) Articles 9(4) and (5) and 19(2) do not apply in relation to occasional work or short-term work involving work regulated as not...

Duties under this Order 5.—(1) Where the premises are a workplace, the responsible person must ensure that any duty imposed by articles 8 to 22 or by regulations made under article 24 is complied with in respect of those...

For me, the most obvious area for reform under the Order is in the area of identifying responsible persons. I have no doubt that it is this aspect of the Order, which causes the most confusion, not only to fire officers, but...