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Do I need a Legionella risk assessment?

A couple of quick questions. This indicates whether the law expects an assessment, it is not the assessment itself.

Based on HSE dutyholder overview, HSE landlord responsibilities, HSENI-approved L8. Your site's risk assessment decides what applies.

1. What is your relationship to the building?
2. Does it have any of these water systems?

General guidance based on HSE duties, not legal advice or a substitute for an assessment. Sources: HSE, what you must do, HSE, landlords' responsibilities; ACoP L8 (2013), “Carrying out a risk assessment”, p.12.