To provide for the amendment of the Building Regulations 2000 to make it a requirement to install an automatic fire suppression system in new residential premises.
The Building Regulations (Amendment) Bill proposes that all new residential premises must be fitted with an automatic fire suppression system. Key areasThe Bill would amend the Building Regulations 2000, SI 2000/2531, to make it a requirement that new residential premises are built with automatic fire suppression systems.The requirement would apply to England and Wales only.
House of Lords
9 April 2010
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This bill would require new residential premises to be fitted with automatic fire suppression systems by amending the Building Regulations 2000. It applies to England and Wales, and is currently in the Lords at the Report Stage after progressing through earlier readings and Committee Stage.
The bill is in the Lords at the Report Stage. It would need to pass to the House of Commons and go through its stages to become law.
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22 Mar 2010
Report stage – line by line examination of the Bill – took place on 22 March. No amendments were made to the Bill.
The 2009-10 session of parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
