To which buildings do these new fire safety requirements apply

These requirements apply to all non-domestic premises, such as where people work, visit or stay, including workplaces, and the non-domestic parts of multi-occupied residential buildings (e.g. communal corridors, stairways, plant rooms). The requirements do not apply to individual domestic premises.

Local fire and rescue authorities, including these additional requirements, remain the primary enforcing body for the Fire Safety Order. The Housing Act 2004 lists enforcement by the Local Authority in non-domestic parts of multi-occupied residential buildings (e.g. communal corridors, stairways) as well. The enforcing body will be the Health and Safety Executive in the case of non-occupied buildings on a construction site, the Defence Fire Safety Regulator for sites occupied for the purposes of the armed forces, and the Crown Premises Fire Safety Inspectorate in buildings occupied or owned by the government.