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Ensuring that Ormsby is a safe place to live and visit and, where appropriate, to work is a fundamental responsibility of the Directors which is taken very seriously. The Board has issued a statement relating to these responsibilities and undertaken a risk assessment covering the various factors that reflect life here. Vigilance is a matter of daily routine but formal risk inspections are carried out by Directors at least twice a year.

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The Directors have a legal responsibility to ensure that the main structures and the communal parts of Ormsby are safe and as free from risk as practicable for residents, visitors and tradesmen alike. There is a growing volume of legislative and regulatory provision that must be adhered to. Furthermore, whenever contractors are working on-site, the building and grounds become a “place of work” and this activates additional legislation designed to ensure safety and requiring that precautions, where necessary, are taken to minimise and reduce risk. 

Among the dozens of pieces of legislation there is a handful on which, of necessity, the Company will focus in particular. These are:
 

• The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 and the Working at Height Regulations 2005 both made under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 (as amended)

• The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 made under the Regulatory Reform Act 2001

• The Smoke-Free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2006 made under the Health Act 2006

• The Fire Safety Act 2021

To assist Directors to meet their responsibilities two full studies have been undertaken in recent years. In 2004 a Type 1 Asbestos Survey was undertaken by Kevin Wild of “777 Environmental”; 28 Selhurst Road; London SE25 5QF and in 2005 a more diverse risk (including fire) assessment report was produced by David Blackmore MRICS of “Frost Professional Services”; 43 Woodcote Road; Wallington; Surrey SM6 0LR. The Directors' Health & Safety Statement, the Asbestos Survey Report and the Risk Assessment Report are available using the following links:

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Additionally the Directors will arrange for an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) to be produced at least once every 5 years to establish the safety of electrical apparatus in the communal parts of the building. The most recent report can be accessed here: