Fire doors

10.—(1) The responsible person, in relation to a building which contains two or more sets of domestic premises and which contains common parts through which residents would need to evacuate in the case of an emergency, must provide the required information about fire doors to the residents of the building.

(2) The required information referred to in paragraph (1) is information to the effect that

(a)fire doors should be kept shut when not in use;
(b)residents or their guests should not tamper with the self-closing devices; and
(c)residents should report any faults or damages with doors immediately to the responsible person;
(3) The required information must be provided by the responsible person—

(a)to a new resident of domestic premises in the building, as soon as reasonably practicable after that resident moves into the premises; and
(b)to all residents of domestic premises within the building, within each period of 12 months beginning with the date these Regulations come into force.
(4) The responsible person, in relation to a building which contains two or more sets of domestic premises and which is above 11 metres in height, must use best endeavours to undertake checks of fire doors at the entrances of individual domestic premises in the building at least every 12 months.

(5) The responsible person must keep a record of the steps taken to comply with the obligation in paragraph (4) including in any case where access to the domestic premises was not granted during any 12 month period, the steps taken by the responsible person to try and gain access.

(6) The responsible person in relation to a building which contains two or more sets of domestic premises and which is above 11 metres in height, must undertake checks of any fire doors in communal areas of the building at least every 3 months.

(7) The checks required by paragraphs (4) and (6) must include ensuring that the self-closing devices for the doors are working.

(8) For the purposes of this regulation, height measurement of a building is to be calculated to the height to the top storey in accordance with regulation 3(2)(a).