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Emergency Lighting Regulations
Your Legal Responsibilities
All Employers, Landlords or Occupiers have a duty under the "Fire Precaution (Workplace) Regulations 1999” to carry out a risk assessment in order to ensure that their premises and activities are able to facilitate safe escape in the event of an emergency.
Where artificial lighting is in opertation within the workplace some form of emergency lighting is mandatory. Visit why you need Emergency Lighting
Regulations For Emergency Lighting
- Fire Precaution (Workplace) Regulations 1997.
The Emergency Lighting British Standard BS5266-10:2008:- is the standard which defines the requirements for correct installation of Emergency Lighting.
Compliance with this standard will ensure that your premises, meets the requirements of the Fire Precaution (Workplace) Regulations, ensuring that you meet your statutory requirements, but only if the system is fully functional.
BS5266 - further sets out the requirements for continued user checks and routine inspection & tests and requires inspection & testing to be carried out at specific intervals (or Frequencies).
Do Regulations Change?
Yes, the Regulations have undergone a number of changes since their introduction, keeping up to date with regulations is important.
The team here at PASS are always on hand to answer any questions you may have. We can carry out your emergency lighting testing to these standards providing you with full testing records and peace of mind that your lighting is functioning as it should and meets all of the legal requirements.
Links to more information:
• Health and Safety at work Act 1974.
• Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.