Consultation outcome

Furniture fire safety regulations: proposed amendments

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 7 August 2014
• Last updated: 12 November 2015 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Consultation on amendments to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations: summary of responses Schedule 5 - The Match Test - Part 1 and Schedule 4 - The Cigarette Test

Ref: BIS/15/140

PDF, 277 KB, 12 pages

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Technical annex: systematic rationale for modification of the Furniture & Furnishings (Fire) Regulations

Ref: BIS/15/150

PDF, 831 KB, 29 pages

Detail of outcome

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) will not go ahead with the proposed amendments in April 2015. Instead, the proposals on changes to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Regulations testing regime will be considered as part of the full review of the regulations which was already underway.

Feedback received

Furniture fire safety regulations: proposed amendments - responses (A to H)

95.6 MB

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Furniture fire safety regulations: proposed amendments - responses (H to W)

50.8 MB

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Detail of feedback received

We received 113 written responses from:

• manufacturing/retail sector, including relevant trade bodies (63)
• testing sector (7)
• academia (2)
• chemical production and treatment processing sector (5)
• Trading Standards (3)
• fire and rescue (20)
• other (13)

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Original consultation

Summary

Proposed changes to the UK's furniture flammability laws to improve safety, make UK furniture greener and bring savings to industry.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 7 August 2014 to 5pm on 7 October 2014

Consultation description

The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 set levels of fire resistance for domestic upholstered furniture, furnishings and other products containing upholstery.

This consultation sets out the government’s intention to change the specification for the match test and the requirements for the cigarette test (both for covering fabrics) in the regulations.

Documents

Consultation on proposed amendments to Schedule 5 - The Match Test - Part 1 and Schedule 4 - The Cigarette Test - of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988

Ref: BIS/14/980

MS Word Document, 425 KB

Impact assessment on proposed amendments to Schedule 5 - The Match Test - Part 1 and Schedule 4 - The Cigarette Test - of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988

Ref: BIS/14/1023

PDF, 1.1 MB, 27 pages

Published 7 August 2014
Last updated 12 November 2015 + show all updates

1. 12 November 2015

   Added responses.

2. 25 March 2015

   Published a 'summary of public responses' and 'technical annex' for the consultation on amendments to the furniture and furnishings (fire) (safety) regulations.

3. 7 August 2014

   First published.