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Glossary - Index "F"

Real Estate Terms and Site Index "F"

• Fire Certificate - A Certificate required under the Fire Precautions Act 1971 for hotels, boarding houses, factories, offices, shops and railway premises. The requirement for a fire certificate excludes buildings with less that a specified number of employees.
• Fire Regulations - The workplace fire regulations bring together existing Health & Safety Fire Legislation. The regulations (amended 1/12/99) confirm employer liability and unconditional responsibility for the safety of employees in the workplace.
• Fiscal Year - In the UK the March Budget covers the taxation provisions for the fiscal year, i.e., the period running from the 6th of April in any one year until the 5th of April the following year. Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax are all computed for fiscal years.
• Forfeiture - When a business tenant is in rent arrears or is in serious breach of the lease terms, then the commercial landlord will in most cases have the right to forfeit - the right to summarily end the tenancy. The landlord must however comply with section 146(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925.
  
  
• FRI Lease - A lease is a formal legal document entered into between a Landlord and a Tenant to create a tenancy. A Full Repairing and Insuring Lease (FRI) means that the tenant pays for buildings insurance and takes on full responsibility for the condition of the building and agrees to return the same in good tenantable order, regardless of the cost of repairs.
  
  
• Furniture & Furnishings - Furniture and furnishings supplied in rental accommodation must comply with The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 (as amended). Some materials used to fill or cover furniture, particularly older and second hand furniture, may be a fire risk and often produces poisonous gases when burning, such as cyanide or carbon monoxide. There are severe penalties for non-compliance. See: LandlordZONE/FAQ and A Guide to Furniture and Furnishings in Rental Property
• Furnished or Unfurnished? - In fact there is no legal definition of furnished, unfurnished or even part-furnished in the UK - these are terms, which have come about through practice, in reality have no industry standard. See: Furnished or Unfurnished?, Fire safety standards, LandlordZONE/FAQ
  

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