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. Secure information boxes have been a mandatory requirement for high-rise residential buildings in

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since January 2023 under Regulation 4 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. The requirement for secure information boxes on high-rise residential buildings was introduced following the

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to address the lack of immediate access to building information that was one of the exacerbating factors of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

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Text of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
at www.legislation.gov.uk Firefighting equipment {{UK-stub