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Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire door guidance
Publication Year
2025
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Provides information on conducting routine checks on fire doors by Responsible Persons, as required by the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, Regulation 10. Covers: what the law requires, the role of fire doors, information for residents on what to do and routine checking of fire doors.
Document History
Published by: MHCLG and Home Office. Supersedes: Guidance. Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. A simple guide to fire doors for Responsible Persons: how to conduct routine checks and provide information to residents (Home Office, 2023). Last updated: 8 August 2025 - Added new foreword, amended text in sections 2.4, 6.7, and box at the end of the guidance. Document type: guidance. First published: 19 January 2023.
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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