Fire and Furnishing (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988

Fire and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

The Regulations apply to all upholstery and upholstered furnishing, loose fittings; permanent or loose covers, which we will refer to as “Furniture” in this article, but the technical criteria, are beyond the scope of this article.

You cannot give, sell, lend or supply in any other way Furniture that does not comply with the Regulations.

Labels must be attached to the Furniture to say that the article complies.

If no label is visible, it will be deemed NOT to comply and must be removed from the property. In certain circumstances, if document can be produced to confirm the article complies, this may be acceptable. On mattresses, if there is no label, there may be a BS number, this should be BS7177 and is acceptable.