Public Register of Notices
What is the Public Register?
As part of its ongoing commitment to making the ‘West Midlands Safer’, West Midlands Fire Rescue Authority (WMFRA) visits and inspects a wide range of premises which fall subject to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. If fire safety problems are discovered that lead to the premises putting people at risk, we will take action to ensure that the premises are made safe from fire for everybody. This action can include the issuing of legal notices requiring ‘responsible persons’ to take specific actions, to ensure safety.
As an enforcing authority of fire safety legislation, we are required by the Environment and Safety Information Act 1988 to maintain a public register of the notices we have served.
Notices included on the register are:
- Alterations Notices: An alterations notice may be served on the responsible person if the Fire and Rescue Authority is of the opinion that any structural alterations being made to the premises will constitute a serious risk to relevant persons (whether due to features of the premises, their use, and any hazard present or any other circumstances).
- Enforcement Notices: Where the Fire and Rescue Authority is of the opinion that the person responsible for fire safety in the premises has failed to comply with any provision of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
- Prohibition Notices: The Fire and Rescue Authority can prohibit or restrict the use of premises if the risk to people in case of fire is so serious until the specified matters have been remedied.
How does it work?
- The register is available for public inspection via our website, free of charge, by clicking on the link.
- Each entry in the register will be indexed and contain sufficient detail to convey the substance of the notice to which it relates.
- Information of notices will be available for public inspection on the register within 14 days of expiry of the 21 day statutory appeal period. Where an appeal is made, no notice will be recorded until a descision on the appeal is reached. No entry will be made if a notice is ‘overturned’ by the Courts.
- Should the status of a notice change e.g. it is ‘withdrawn’ or ‘complied with’, the register will be updated to reflect these changes.
- Entries will remain on the register for a period of five years or for as long as they remain in force.
The Fire Safefty Policy Team in conjunction with our Data Management Department will ensure that any information held on the register is current.
