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BN3470 - 'Environmental and Safety Law' Assignment 1 "The Fire Safety Order: Better Compliance or Just More Regulation?" TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 LEGISLATIVE STATUS OF THE FSO 1 REQUIREMENTS OF THE FSO 2 PREVIOUS LEGISLATION: FIRE PRECAUTIONS ACT 1971 (AS AMENDED) AND FIRE PRECAUTIONS (WORKPLACE) REGULATIONS 1997 (AS AMENDED) 2 COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FPA, FPWR AND THE FSO 5 CONCLUSION 6 APPENDIX A 9 APPENDIX B 10 APPENDIX C 14 APPENDIX D 18 APPENDIX E 28 APPENDIX F 30 APPENDIX G 35 INTRODUCTION The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (referred to as the 'FSO') came into effect on 01 Oct 2006 (FSO, 2005). The government's stated intention in implementing this order was to simplify the multiplicity of fire-related legislation into a single, consistent set of regulations throughout England and Wales. In the appendices to the FSO, some 180 pieces of local, regional and national legislation were to be repealed when the FSO was enacted. The purpose of this assignment is to outline the main features of the FSO and to evaluate its effectiveness in promoting good fire safety practice in non-domestic...

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