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Housing health and safety rating system. Operating guidance. Addendum for the profile for the hazard of fire and in relation to cladding systems on high rise residential buildings. Housing Act 2004. Guidance about inspections and assessment of hazards given under Section 9
Publication Year
2018
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Comprises an addendum to the Housing Health and Safety Rating System operating guidance, providing guidance on assessing high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding. Supplements the hazard profile for fire as given in the HHSRS operating guidance (see profile 24, pages 150 to 155). Contains information on: current advice on ACM cladding; inspection of common parts; working with the local fire and rescue authority; inspections and testing of cladding; interim measures; hazard profile; health effects; causes of fire; preventative measures and the ideal; relevant matters and assessment; and next steps.
Document History
HC 1774. Will remain in draft format until the completion of 40 days Parliamentary process on 24 January 2018. See also: Worked example: MHCLG WE 1_2018 Fire (common parts of high rise residential buildings) (MHCLG, 2019).
ISBN
9781528609081
Publisher Information
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
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MHCLG
UK
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government
