Statutory Compliance Inspection Checklist BG80/2025

[edit] Updated for 2025

This guide published in March 2025 has been significantly updated from previous editions and covers important changes in legislation that building owners must follow to be compliant, this Statutory Compliance Inspection Checklist (BG80/2025) supersedes Statutory Compliance Inspection Checklist (BG 80/2023).

Buildings are complex entities with numerous systems that need to be properly maintained in order to perform their function effectively, efficiently and safely.

Aimed at facilities managers, BG 80 lists all the tests, checks and inspections that are required on building services systems required by legislation, Approved Codes of Practice and/or supporting guidance. In addition to an Excel workbook, the guide includes general information about legislation in the UK and guidance on how to use the workbook.

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Updates for 2025 include:

• Information has been updated to reflect changes in legislation, Approved Codes of Practice and guidance.
• Guidance in Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs) has been included.
• Whereas the guidance previously only specifically covered England, it has been expanded to cover Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
• Specific paragraphs or clauses in regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and guidance documents have been referenced.
• Tasks required under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 have been included.
• Guidance in BS EN 806-5 and BS 8558 has been included, as these standards are referenced in HSE HSG 274-2 in relation to legionella protection.

This guide will help facilities managers to plan statutory inspections, ensure compliance with legislation, and ultimately ensure the buildings they are responsible for are safe to occupy.

The workbook is organised by task. For each task (test, check or inspection), the following information is provided:

• System
• Asset
• Minimum required frequency
• Skill level or qualification required
• Recording and record retention period
• Legislation requiring the task to be carried out
• Approved Code of Practice, guidance document or standard giving details of the task

Product details

• Published: March 2025
• Publisher: BSRIA
• Author: David Bleicher
• ISBN: 978-0-86022-817-2

How to access the workbook: The Excel workbook is attached to the pdf document and can also be downloaded from a link in the pdf of the guide.

BSRIA would like to thank Sodexo for sponsoring the guide.

[edit] Previous editions

The 2023 publication can be found here: Statutory Compliance Inspection Checklist (BG 80/2023)

BSRIA’s Statutory Compliance Inspection Checklist is a comprehensive template listing tests, checks and inspections that are needed on building services systems required by legislation, Approved Codes of Practice and supporting evidence. In addition to the template, the guide includes general information about legislation in the UK and recommendations on how to utilise this tool within business.

This guide will help facilities managers to plan statutory inspections, ensure compliance with legislation and ultimately ensure the buildings they are responsible for, are safe to occupy.

This guide supersedes BG 80/2022 Statutory Compliance Inspection Checklist as BG80/2023. It lists all the tests, checks and inspections that are required on building services systems required by legislation, Approved Codes of Practice and/or supporting guidance. In addition to the spreadsheet, the guide includes general information about legislation in the UK and guidance on how to use the spreadsheet.

The 2022 publication of the guide can be found here: Statutory Compliance Inspection Checklist (BG 80/2022).

The guide will help facilities managers negotiate the many regulations that apply to their buildings. It contains a spreadsheet listing all the tests, checks and inspections that are required on building services systems required by legislation, Approved Codes of Practice and/or supporting guidance. In addition to the spreadsheet, the guide includes general information about legislation in the UK and guidance on how to use the spreadsheet.

Facilities managers need to understand what they need to do to comply with various legislation. Most of this legislation concerns health and safety although there is also legislation around environmental protection. BSRIA's guide will help facilities managers plan statutory inspections, ensure compliance with legislation, and ultimately ensure the buildings they are responsible for are safe to occupy. The spreadsheet is fully editable so that users can delete tasks that are not applicable to their facilities, add their own notes, or incorporate the content into their own procedures.

The spreadsheet lists tasks that are required by regulations or by Approved Codes of Practice, guidance documents and standards that support regulations. Tasks are categorised according to the system and asset they are performed on. These tasks could be tests, checks or inspections on building services and related equipment. For each task, a minimum required frequency is given, together with the skill level or qualification required to carry out the task, and recording requirements.

Visit the BSRIA Bookshop to order Statutory Compliance Inspection Checklist (BG80/2025), with free downloads available to BSRIA Members.

--BSRIA

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• Health and safety.
• Inspection.
• Legislation.

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